NYC street renamed in honor of NYPD Det. Anastasios Tsakos 5 years after he was killed by drunk driver

Source: New York Post

The New York City street where a veteran NYPD cop spent his childhood was renamed in his honor Monday — five years to the day after he was struck down by a drunk driver while on duty on the Long Island Expressway. The corner of 42nd Street and 23rd Avenue in Astoria, Queens will now officially be called “Detective Anastasios Tsakos Way,” bringing the 43-year-old married dad of two back home, his widow said during the emotional ceremony. “This is where Tassos lived when he was a young teenager.