It’s of­ten said that you can find a “Tri­ni” any­where.

Well, now you can find a Trinidad and To­ba­go Street in New York as well.

On Sun­day, the New York City Coun­cil named 131 Street in Rich­mond Hill, Queens, Trinidad and To­ba­go Street, mak­ing it the first street to be named af­ter our twin-is­land any­where in the world.

This his­toric des­ig­na­tion re­ceived a unan­i­mous vote from the New York City Coun­cil and was signed by the may­or of New York City, Er­ic Adams.

The bill to des­ig­nate “Trinidad and To­ba­go Street” was ini­ti­at­ed by a com­mit­tee that in­clud­ed NYS As­sem­bly Dis­trict Leader Richard David and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers of Trinida­di­an and To­bag­on­ian de­scent.

The re­nam­ing of the street recog­nised the con­tri­bu­tions of im­mi­grants from Trinidad and To­ba­go to the eco­nom­ic, po­lit­i­cal and so­cial fab­ric of New York City, as Rich­mond Hill is home to thou­sands of Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als. It is al­so pop­u­lat­ed with many Trin­bag­on­ian restau­rants, roti shops and en­ter­tain­ment spots.

Ac­cord­ing to cen­sus da­ta, Tri­nis are among the largest im­mi­grant groups in Queens and in New York City.

Speak­ing dur­ing the event, Speak­er of the New York City Coun­cil Adri­enne Adams said, “New York City’s Trin­bag­on­ian com­mu­ni­ty has con­tributed im­mense­ly to the cul­tur­al and eco­nom­ic land­scape of our neigh­bour­hoods… I’m proud to rep­re­sent a vi­brant and di­verse com­mu­ni­ty in Dis­trict 28, whose ac­com­plish­ments and lega­cies are now of­fi­cial­ly recog­nised through the new “Trinidad and To­ba­go Street” sign. To­day’s street co-nam­ing is a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone that cel­e­brates our Trin­bag­on­ian fam­i­lies, small busi­ness­es, and com­mu­ni­ty or­gan­i­sa­tions that have shaped our city for decades. I am grate­ful for the part­ner­ship of com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers who helped make this long-sought dream in­to a re­al­i­ty.”

Con­sul Gen­er­al in New York, J An­dre Laveau, added, “This is as pow­er­ful a com­pli­ment as one can imag­ine, to the con­tri­bu­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als to com­mu­ni­ty life in Queens. The Con­sulate Gen­er­al is tru­ly thank­ful that the val­ues, lifestyle and hard work that our peo­ple bring to New York are be­ing so gra­cious­ly recog­nised by our friends.”

Al­so in at­ten­dance at the event was Queens Bor­ough Pres­i­dent Dono­van Richards, As­sem­bly Mem­bers David Weprin and Khaleel An­der­son and Jus­tice Karen Gopee, the first Trin­bag­on­ian per­son to be elect­ed to the Supreme Court in New York.

And in true Tri­ni style, the un­veil­ing event could not be com­plete with­out a steel­pan per­for­mance, moko jumbies and chut­ney and so­ca per­for­mances by Rik­ki Jai and Ravi B.