New York Street Named After Tenzing Norway

Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first mountaineers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. After seventy years of this achievement, a street in New York city has been named after Tenzing Norgay. A part of 75th Street in the Woodside locality will be named Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Way. The idea was proposed in 2017 and was approved recently due to special efforts of the United Sherpa Association Inc, New York. 

On World Everest Day, which falls on May 29, an event will be organized at this street to honor Tenzing Norgay by the US Nepal Climbers Association and the United Sherpa Association. 

This is not the first time Tenzing Norgay has been honored like this. In 2015, a mountain on Pluto was named Norgay Montes by NASA, to honor Tenzing Norgay.