NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed the five city blocks that will soon bear "Black Lives Matter" murals.
Last week, de Blasio said community activists and city officials would paint "Black Lives Matter" on one street in each of the five boroughs.
During his daily briefing on Friday, the mayor announced the mural locations. The phrase "Black Lives Matter" will be painted on the roadbeds of the following city blocks:
- Centre Street, between Worth and Reade streets in Manhattan
- Richmond Terrace, between Hamilton Avenue and Ferry Terminal Viaduct on Staten Island
- Joralemon Street, between Adams and Court streets in Brooklyn
- 153rd Street, between Jamaica and Archer avenues in Queens
- Morris Avenue, between 161st and 162nd streets in the Bronx
The murals will be completed over the next three weeks, de Blasio said. Each street will also be co-named for the "Black Lives Matter" movement, pending City Council approval.
"I ask all New Yorkers to recognize the power of this moment, that the city of New York is saying loudly, clearly, consistently, 'Black Lives Matter,'" he said during his briefing. "And we will back up that belief with action, after action, after action, bring it to life in more and more ways in this city."
Brooklyn already has one "Black Lives Matter" street mural, painted on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant as part of a separate initiative.
That stretch of street is slated to become a pedestrian plaza for the duration of the summer.
