Sesame Street Is Now A Real Street?

Due to the iconic children’s educational show’s upcoming 50^th Anniversary, did NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio just named a real street after Sesame Street?

By: Ringo Bones

In honor of the show’s 50^th Anniversary, New York City made “Sesame Street” a real intersection – as in West 63^rd Street and Broadway - in the Big Apple, permanently.  Joined by Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, Ernie and the others, Mayor Bill de Blasio changed the name of the Manhattan intersection at a ceremony held back in Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The mayor also declared that May 1, 2019 is Sesame Street Day.

The show has been headquartered in New York City since 1969 and has always been based between West 63^rd and West 64^th Streets. While an intersection was temporarily renamed 10 years ago, this time it’s for good. Mayor de Blasio also praised Sesame Street for: “Fifty years of extraordinary programming, 50 years of making people’s lives better, 50 years of helping children believe in themselves”. Very nice gesture by Mayor Bill de Blasio for doing this in May considering Sesame Street will be celebrating its broadcast 50^th Anniversary this November 2019.