Overview
- City Council officials joined the Basquiat estate and family to unveil the co-named block between Bowery and Lafayette in NoHo.
- Basquiat’s sisters, Jeanine Heriveaux and Lisane Basquiat, attended the ceremony and received a proclamation from Councilmember Eric Bottcher.
- Basquiat lived and worked at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 until his death in 1988, renting the space from Andy Warhol.
- A 2016 plaque installed by Village Preservation and Two Boots Pizza marks the site, which also bears SAMO-inspired graffiti tributes.
- The honor reflects sustained cultural attention, with record-setting auction results, major museum displays, and high-profile commercial collaborations tied to his work.