NYC street renamed in honor of slain NYPD detective who was gunned down with his partner: ‘We will never forget him’

A street corner in Manhattan was renamed Saturday for slain NYPD Det. Jason Rivera, who was gunned down with his partner, Wilbert Mora, while answering a 911 call.

The intersection of 204th Street and Sherman Avenue was rechristened “NYPD Detective Jason ‘TaTa’ Rivera Way,” with Rivera’s wife, Dominique, and their child — who was born after the officer was killed — in attendance, along with Police Commissioner Eddie Caban, Mayor Adams and other officials.

Rivera, 22, and Mora, 27, were responding to a 911 call in Harlem on Jan. 21. 2022, when crazed career criminal Lashawn McNeil ambushed them.

Both officers were shot and mortally wounded.

“Jason joined the police department to improve relations between the community and the police. I hope when people pass this corner, they look up at the sign, remember him, and I hope it encourages and motivates them to go after their dreams,” Dominique Rivera said.

The corner is “where his father dropped him off for school, and where he hung out with his friends,” Caban told those assembled for the ceremony.

“While Jason left us way too soon we will never forget him and his legacy.”

A corner in Brooklyn was renamed for Mora earlier this year.