A thoroughfare successful Brooklyn was officially renamed Sunday to grant a dressed up bull who was gunned down by a convulsive thug during a botched robbery 13 years ago.
Officer Peter Figoski, a 47-year-old single begetter of 4 daughters, was fatally changeable successful nan look Dec. 12, 2011 by a remorseless ex-con who was hunting for narcotics successful a Brooklyn apartment, authorities said astatine nan time.
On Sunday, hundreds of existent and erstwhile NYPD cops joined his family, constabulary brass and section politicians extracurricular nan 75th Precinct connected Sutter Ave to retrieve his work — and his sacrifice.
“Today was a agelong clip coming, but East New York yet gets what it deserves: A thoroughfare named aft a existent hero,” Jeffrey Maddrey, nan NYPD’s Chief of Department, said during nan ceremony, which declared nan area of Linwood Street and Sutter Avenue “Det. Peter J. Figoski Way.”
One of Figoski’s daughters, Caroline O’Callaghan, said nan family changed everlastingly by nan nonaccomplishment of nan 22-year seasoned of New York’s Finest.
“At that time, nan NYPD said they would ne'er forget,” O’Callaghan said. “And now [13 years later], they kept their promise.
“I’m gladsome that nan heroic acts of our begetter will ne'er beryllium forgotten.”
The thug who murdered him — Lamont Pride, past 27-years-old — jumped retired of a broom closet successful nan basement of a Cypress Hills building and instantly opened fire, striking Figoski successful nan look arsenic he tried to supply backup to chap cops astatine a drug-den robbery gone bad.
Figoski’s daughters later told The Post that each nighttime — including his past — their dada would nonstop them each a matter astatine 10:30 p.m. saying, “I emotion you.”
Maddrey thanked Councilman Chris Banks, a Democrat representing respective neighborhoods successful confederate Brooklyn, for getting nan thoroughfare renamed much than a decade aft nan tragedy.
And he told nan younger cops — galore of whom ne'er worked pinch Figoski — that it’s “their work now to transportation connected Figoski’s legacy.”
The fallen officer’s mom, Maryann, thanked nan section and nan metropolis for their work.
“Today was a awesome ceremony, they did a beautiful job,” she said. “I admit that they retrieve Peter.”