"Mr. Joe" Marotta Way

Reposted for the Staten Island Downtown Council

"Mr. Joe" Marotta Street Naming Ceremony:
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 11:00am



On behalf of the Family & Friends of Mr. Joseph Marotta, the Downtown Staten Island Council and City Councilman Ken Mitchell are pleased to announce the street dedication ceremony to celebrate the memory of former DSIC board member and community activist, "Mr. Joe".

The ceremony will take place on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 11:00am at the corner of St. Marks and Victory Blvd, where Mr. Marotta was the owner of the Tompinsville Pharmacy for 25 years.


Please join us this Sunday, along with the family and friends of Joseph Marotta as City Councilman, Ken Mitchell will unveil the street sign that will read:

"Mr. Joe" Marotta Way

About "Mr. Joe" Marotta:
Over the years, Mr. Marotta addressed his share of North Shore concerns: Noisy businesses, saturation of social services, senior housing, transportation, the redevelopment of the former Stapleton home port and the creation of the Special Hillside Preservation District. Mr. Marotta owned the Tompkinsville Pharmacy for 25 years, getting his start there as a stock boy while a student at Curtis High School. He received bachelor's degree from the St. John's University School of Pharmacy in Queens, where he was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Fraternity. An active parishioner of Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church Tompkinsville, Mr. Marotta served on the board of the Downtown Staten Island Council and was the chairman of the Social Action Committee and spent hours volunteering in the church's food pantry. He was also devoted to the Augustinian order. Lifelong Tompkinsville resident Joseph Marotta, who for almost a quarter of a century was synonymous with Staten Island's Community Board 1, died of an apparent heart attack, just hours after completing the New York City Marathon. He was 66.