Jean-Michel Basquiat, the lauded artist whose legacy has endured a long time after his passing, now has a small stretch of downtown Manhattan named in his honor.
On Tuesday, officers with the New York Metropolis Council joined the Basquiat property, members of the artist’s household, cultural leaders and area people members to unveil Jean-Michel Basquiat Manner, positioned on the stretch of Nice Jones Road between Bowery and Lafayette.
The block holds significance for the legacy of the late Brooklyn native, who lived and labored at 57 Nice Jones Road from 1983 till his tragic loss of life at 27 in 1988.
A crowd gathers outdoors Jean-Michel Basquiat’s studio on Nice Jones St. earlier than a road co-naming ceremony for the enduring artist in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Day by day Information)
In recent times, works by Basquiat — identified for his signature type of boundary-defying, graffiti-rooted artwork that set New York Metropolis’s artwork scene ablaze in the course of the Eighties — have damaged gross sales data at auctions, been featured in landmark exhibitions, and adorned an array of merchandise from retailers like Tiffany & Co., Coach, Previous Navy and Uniqlo, in addition to uniforms for the Brooklyn Nets.
“The co-naming recognizes Jean-Michel Basquiat’s enduring legacy as a visionary Black artist who helped redefine modern art through his bold, expressive and socially conscious work,” the New York Metropolis Council stated. “The space [at 57 Great Jones Street] served as his home and studio during some of the most prolific years of his career, anchoring him in a neighborhood that was at the heart of New York’s creative energy in the 1980s.”
Jeanine Heriveaux (left) and Lisane Basquiat (proper), sisters of Jean-Michel Basquiat, obtain a proclamation from Metropolis Councilman Eric Bottcher at a road co-naming ceremony for the late artist outdoors his former studio at 57 Nice Jones St. in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Day by day Information)
The artist’s sisters Jeanine Heriveaux and Lisane Basquiat had been additionally readily available on the Tuesday afternoon ceremony.
“To have New York honor Jean-Michel in this way is deeply meaningful to our family,” the siblings stated. “Jean-Michel’s is a New York Story. We are thrilled to witness this epic moment of acknowledgment and honor from the city that helped shape him.”
A road signal is unveiled at a road co-naming ceremony for Jean-Michel Basquiat outdoors the late artist’s studio at 57 Nice Jones St. in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Day by day Information)
The road naming is the newest tribute to one of many best modern artists of the twentieth century, who has works on show on the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fashionable Artwork and The Whitney.
American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, circa 1985. (Picture by Rose Hartman/Getty Photographs)
Basquiat was posthumously bestowed the important thing to town of Brooklyn in 2017 by then-Borough President Eric Adams. In 2022, he was the topic of the first-of-its-kind, immersive “King’s Pleasure” exhibit, housed in a 15,000-square-foot area on the bottom flooring of Starrett-Lehigh constructing in Chelsea.
Later that yr, Broadway welcomed the Kwame Kwei-Armah-helmed play “The Collaboration,” which explored the connection between Andy Warhol and Basquiat. In 2023, WBGO’s Lezlie Harrison hosted a night of artwork, poetry and music at Brooklyn’s Inexperienced-Wooden Cemetery, the location of Basquiat’s burial.
