Macy's to become a street in New York

On Thursday night, Community Board 5 unanimously approved the temporary installation of a street sign dubbing the block of 34th Street occupied by the Macy’s flagship store “R. H. Macy Way.” The resolution, which now goes to the City Council for a final decision, calls for the sign to remain up only from Oct. 15 through Nov. 15. (Most honorary street renamings, like Jerry Orbach Way, have been permanent.)

That means it would be up for the Oct. 28 celebration of the retailer Rowland Hussey Macy’s 150th birthday but would come down a week before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.