New York City's Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for its Jackie Robinson Parkway, which spelled the baseball Hall of Famer's first name as 'Jakie.'
NEW YORK — New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that spelled the baseball Hall of Famer’s first name as “Jakie.”featured a picture of Robinson, Major League Baseball’s first African American player in the modern era, over the words “Jakie Robinson Parkway.”Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
The road formerly know as the Interboro Parkway was renamed for Robinson in 1997, the 50th anniversary of his groundbreaking rookie season.
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