Long-time Staten Island bakery owner given street-naming honor: ‘Exactly what she would’ve wanted’
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When she worked on Forest Avenue, Santina Distefano of Moretti’s bakery gifted cookies and biscuits to her West Brighton neighbors. Now, in her memory, the small business owner’s name has been memorialized for the North Shore community at the corner of Forest and Oakland avenues, a few steps from her long-time business.
To celebrate the moment on Saturday, Sept. 14, her children — Cinzia Leon, Massimo Devellis and Domenick Distefano threw a street festival.
Councilwoman Kamillah M. Hanks also expressed her regards to a crowd of about 150 on the sidewalk. Other elected who spoke were Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, State Sen. Jessica Scarcella Spanton, Assemblyman Sam Pirozollo and New York State Assembly Assistant Majority Leader Charles Fall.
