Name of Event: Janine Pommy Vega Street Naming

Date: June 26, 2025

Start/End Time: 12pm-3pm

Address: Street Naming Ceremony: corner of 47th Street and Palisade Avenue, Union City, NJ

Reception & Poetry Reading: Musto Cultural Center 420 15th St, Union City, NJ 07087


Theme: Janine Pommy Vega's Union City Roots

Host: Union City & Hoboken Historical Museum

Feature(s): Yetvart S. Majian, Danny Shot

Price: free

Phone: (201) 747-6362

Email Address: pr@hobokenmuseum.org

Website: http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/

Social Media: @hobokenmuseum @dannyshot57

Event Description: With Mayor Brian Stack’s support, Union City Commissioners prepared a resolution to name a street after poet and Union City resident Janine Pommy Vega. The street sign will be on the corner of 47th Street and Palisade Avenue, and will be called Janine Pommy Vega Way. This is where her family's house once stood, now replaced by a community indoor swimming pool. After the unveiling, a reception and poetry event will be held to more fully share Janine's work and celebrate her life. It's fitting that after all these years, the city where she was raised is acknowledging and honoring her as one of their own.


THEME: Janine Pommy Vega's Union City Roots
HOST: Union City & Hoboken Historical Museum
FEATURES: Yetvart S. Majian, Danny Shot
PRICE: Free / http://www.hobokenmuseum.org
CONTACT: @hobokenmuseum @dannyshot57 / (201) 747-6362 / pr@hobokenmuseum.org