Residents of the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Manhattan Beach are looking to change the name of a street that they say is named after an anti-Semite.
Corbin Place is named after Austin Corbin, who in the 1800’s was a big-time land developer in Brooklyn and president of the Long Island Rail Road. But he was also the president of the American Society of the Suppression of Jews.
His past was discovered a few weeks ago by a Daily News columnist and now many residents want to see the name Corbin taken off their street, especially since the Holocaust Memorial is so close by.
“I believe that anti-Semitism and racism is against everything this country stands for,” said a local resident. “And in my opinion, it doesn’t matter how well Mr. Corbin was, it is shameful to name this street in our community.”
“He was really a cretin. Some of his writings actually are like a precursor to Mein Kampf. One of the words he used was exterminate,” added another. “So he’s an insidious individual, which it’s embarrassing to have his name on anything in our little corner of the world.”
A public hearing on this issue is scheduled to take place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Kingsborough Community College faculty dining room.
(Source: NY1)
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Don’t we all love raising a ruckos on anything we can?
Never heard of the guy, thanks for the info.
i vote no street for Corbin..
It seems to me that Hashm has served measure for measure here. Corbin wanted to destroy Jews, and the street named for him has become a testament to the tenacity and success of the Jewish people instead.
maybe we should also rename the ford motor company
I agree with Joseph here.
if people in lakewood complain about “goyish” street names (don’t deny it; i heard all about it), then people in manhattan beach (including a friend of mine from yeshiva days; haven’t asked him about it, who lives on that street) should have the name changed.
after all, what would prevent certain people namiong their street “ossama” or similar!
sayitlikeitis, we have enough problems you shouldn’t be adding to them. It is just a street.
I totally agree with Jospeh.
HIMMELSTEIN NOT GUST FORD WHAT ABOUT ALL GERMAN CARS
‘Dont we love to raise a ruckus on anything we can?’
Does that include the ‘EL aL rescheduled flight under the name SunD’or as not to cause a ruckcus ‘ Ruckus? Or was that acceptable ‘kvetching’???
FOR THOSE WHO SAY WHO CARES WHAT THE NAME OF THE STREET IS …
THINK FOR A MOMENT…
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE ON HITLER STREET, BETWEEN EICHMAN AVE. AND YUDENREIN LANE
Some comments:
1. We are in golus. Which is why Jewish (and other) neighborhoods change. What was once Austin Corbin’s exclusive “restricted” territory is now very, very heavily Jewish. On the other hand, many old soldly Jewish neighborhoods (including my own) have hardly a Jew remaining.
2. What about Peter Stuyvesant, who actually tried to keep Jews out when he was Governor of the New Netherlands?
There is a Stuyvesant Street in Manhattan (right near the mamzer’s kever), and one in Brooklyn, and there is a Stuyvesant Place in Staten Island.
Perhaps we ought to rename those, too.
[By the way, Asser Levy was one of the Jewish refugees from Recife whom Peter Stuyvesant tried to keep out in 1654. Ironically, Asser Levy Park is at the foot of Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, on land that was once part of Corbin’s empire.]
3. And Thomas Edison was not particularly friendly towards the Jews. What are all of those people living in Edison, NJ going to do?
BEKESH IS CORRECT.
Maybe we have bigger problems but we learned in New York long ago that dealing with little ones helps prevent big ones. Now that we know who Corbin is, you can be sure the anti-Semites of America are watching intently to see what happens. If this doesn’t get changed, u can expect to see , Abdul Nasser Av., Faisal Husseini Blvd, and suicide bomber street names in American Arab communities in the not distant future.
Yes, bek and esg are correct. The world is coming to an end. The sky is falling. We must all leave our Gemaras and work and pick up this important Avoidas Hashem. Galus must’ve ended now that we have time to nitpick with the goyim.
rumor has it they are coming out with a ‘kosher’ gps, where all streets named after antisemites wont be recognized
Joseph, we all know that were in galus, but you didn’t answar, how would you like to live on arafat street ?, or hitler ave ? you know yourself that if you wake up tommorow and find out that the city changed your st name to heil hitler blvd., you’ll be from the first to complain (as you should)
Look at it another way, if you’re going to fight every street name named after a historical figure who was an anti-semite, you could spend you’re whole life fighting them, and even if you won every battle you’ll never have enough time in your lifetime to get rid of them all.
Research all the historical figures with street names and you’ll be surprised how many of them were anti-semites.
….guess this is one benefit of flatbush. most streets here go by letters and numbers. definitely better than living on a street named after an anti – semite. It really isnt such a pleasant thought to think of the person your street is named after and think of such a rasha
Latke, I am quite sure you never even heard of that guy before this story came out. Its not like this corbin fellow murdered millions of jews . People should get a life and stop dwelling on issues that are pathetic.
They should change Church Ave. to Shul Ave.
in SquareTown (New Square) – they name all the streets after Presidents. I found it quite ironic one Purim while taking one of my kids to a Morah, I had go “right” on Clinton and “left” on Bush.
BeBrave101 Says:
February 27th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
….guess this is one benefit of flatbush. most streets here go by letters and numbers.
Well, what about Ave. K.K.K….???
mdlevine, was it left on Bush Sr.? He actually is a ‘lefty.’
mikedrezz, the point is not if he killed millions or not, even if he just killed one, or mabe he was just a vile and vicious antisemite, hitler “himself” also didn’t kill any jews
B.T.W. i did hear and do know alot about him.