纽约 Brooklyn 华人社区「广东大道」挂牌：Bay Parkway 与 86 街路口共名致敬铁路华工与华人移民
纽约——位于纽约州金斯县的纽约市，10月2日上午，纽约市 Brooklyn 区 Bensonhurst 的 Bay Parkway 与 86th Street 路口举行「广东大道」（Canton Avenue）路牌揭幕仪式，数百名华人居民与侨团代表到场，见证这块中英双语纪念路牌正式挂牌，仪式上还有醒狮表演，不少居民挥舞着美国国旗庆祝。
这项共名由纽约市议会立法通过：Bay Parkway 与 86th Street 的路口共名为「Canton Avenue」，原路名 Bay Parkway 保留不变，「广东大道」属于纪念性共名。共名的立意，是纪念19世纪修建横贯大陆铁路的广东华工，以及一代代华人移民对美国和本地社区发展作出的贡献。
仪式由推动这项共名的市议员庄文怡（Susan Zhuang）主持。她在致辞中表示，讲粤语的家庭自上世纪80年代起陆续在这一带定居，86街周边逐渐成为 Brooklyn 华人生活的一个中心，Bay Parkway 沿线餐馆、超市、药房等华人商铺林立；新路牌是对粤籍移民贡献与文化传承的公开肯定，也是对年轻一代的鼓励。仪式上，Larry He Lining 揭下新路牌的罩布——他多年来持续推动在纽约州和纽约市立法将5月10日定为横贯大陆铁路华工纪念日。
全美华人协会（All American Chinese Association Corp）创会主席赵镜源出席了仪式。74岁的赵镜源出生于广东台山，曾祖父是当年赴美谋生的华工，他本人1981年移民美国。赵镜源在接受羊城晚报专访时说，揭幕仪式在当地时间10月2日上午10时举行，「这让我们广东人无比自豪——我们在纽约也有了属于自己的一条街」。
同为铁路华工后裔的美国粤籍华人总会会长 Joe Luo 在接受采访时表示，这块路牌不只是一块立在杆子上的金属牌，它是对一个多世纪以来粤籍华人在美国辛勤付出的认可，让长期被忽视的先辈贡献走进公众视野；他说，「广东大道是一个新的起点」。
Bensonhurst 是 Brooklyn 华人聚居的社区之一，与八大道一带同为纽约华人社区的重要组成部分。自1980年代粤语家庭在此安家以来，华人居民、商家与社团在这里扎根生活近半个世纪，「广东大道」挂牌后，这个路口成为社区历史的一个新地标。
Brooklyn Chinese Community Unveils 'Canton Avenue' Sign at Bay Parkway and 86th Street, Honoring Railroad Workers and Immigrants
NEW YORK — New York City is a city in Kings County, New York. An unveiling ceremony for the "Canton Avenue" street sign was held on the morning of October 2 at the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Hundreds of Chinese American residents and community organization representatives attended as the bilingual commemorative sign was officially unveiled, with a lion dance performance and residents waving American flags in celebration.
The co-naming was enacted through New York City Council legislation designating the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street as Canton Avenue. The original name, Bay Parkway, remains in place, with Canton Avenue added as a commemorative designation. The naming honors the Cantonese laborers from Guangdong who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century, as well as the contributions of generations of Chinese immigrants to the United States and to the local community.
Council Member Susan Zhuang, who championed the co-naming, presided over the ceremony. In her remarks, she noted that Cantonese-speaking families began settling in the area in the 1980s, and that the 86th Street corridor has gradually become a hub of Chinese life in Brooklyn, with Chinese restaurants, supermarkets, pharmacies and other businesses lining Bay Parkway. She said the new sign is public recognition of Cantonese immigrants' contributions and heritage, and an encouragement to younger generations. At the ceremony, Larry He Lining pulled the cover off the new sign; he has long worked to advance legislation in New York State and New York City to designate May 10 as Transcontinental Chinese Railroad Workers Day.
Zhao Jingyuan, founding chairman of the All American Chinese Association Corp, attended the ceremony. The 74-year-old was born in Taishan, Guangdong; his great-grandfather was among the Chinese laborers who came to the United States to make a living, and Zhao himself immigrated in 1981. In an interview with Yangcheng Evening News, Zhao said the unveiling ceremony took place at 10 a.m. local time on October 2, calling it "an immense source of pride for us people from Guangdong — we now have a street of our own in New York."
Joe Luo, president of the General Assembly of the American Association of Cantonese and himself a descendant of Chinese railroad workers, said in an interview that the sign is far more than a piece of metal on a pole: it recognizes more than a century of hard work by Americans of Cantonese descent and brings the long-overlooked contributions of earlier generations into public view. "Canton Avenue is a new start," he said.
Bensonhurst is one of Brooklyn's established Chinese communities, alongside the Eighth Avenue corridor. Cantonese-speaking families have lived, worked and run businesses in the neighborhood for nearly half a century since the 1980s, and the new Canton Avenue sign now stands as a new landmark of the community's history at this intersection.
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图片来源：图：Brooklyn 的 Bay Parkway 沿线华人商铺街景（资料图）。照片：Rager722／Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 4.0）。Chinese-owned businesses along Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (file photo). Photo: Rager722 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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