New York to name streets after Thierry Henry and Pelé
L'essentiel
- New York City is temporarily renaming two streets in honor of football legends Thierry Henry and Pelé.
- The intersection of West 50th Street and 6th Avenue will be known as 'Thierry Henry Way' and an intersection in Queens will be named after Pelé.
- The street names will revert on November 1st.
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New York City is temporarily renaming two streets in honor of football legends Thierry Henry and Pelé. The street names will remain changed until November 1st.
New York at the time of the World Cup will have two special streets. The American city council has indeed decided to temporarily name them after Thierry Henry and Pelé, two stars of world football: and the crowd gathered at the corner of West 50th Street and 6th Avenue, in the heart of Manhattan, welcomed with enthusiasm the inauguration of the plaque "Thierry Henry Way". "New York has paid homage to one of the greatest players of all time", wrote New York City Councilwoman Virginia Maloney on Instagram.
The former Arsenal and Barcelona star, who was part of the French national team that won the 1998 World Cup, appeared in a video on Instagram to thank the city and its mayor, Zohran Mamdani, "a true Arsenal fan, as everyone knows".
"My family will be very honored by this", added the 48-year-old former player, who further consolidated his fame in the United States by playing for five seasons with the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer until 2014. The city has also renamed the intersection of Shea Road and Meridian Road in the Queens district in honor of the Brazilian legend Pelé. The street names will remain unchanged until November 1st.
