Spike Lee got a street named after his film “Do the Right Thing”

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 it that Spike Lee got a street named after his film.

Lee led the crowd in a chant of “Brooklyn!” as a cover was pulled off a street sign for Do the Right Thing Way, which spans the block of Stuyvesant Avenue between Lexington and Quincy Streets where the film is set. This the first street the city has named after a work of art, and film fanatics said they were thrilled to be present for such a momentous occasion.

“That was awesome,” said Downtown resident Pervis Taylor. “I always knew it to be an important film, and for Brooklyn to recognize that — for that to be the first time they’re naming a street after a piece of art — that was incredible to be a part of that history.”

The New York City Council approved the name change as part of a bill that re-names 50 streets throughout NYC in honor of important people in city history.

However, as noted by DNAinfo, “Do The Right Thing Way” is the only one that pays tribute to a piece of art — and, really, a cultural movement.

They eased on down the road!

Filmmaker Spike Lee’s annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson celebration honored more than just the late king of pop’s birthday on Saturday, when the iconic host used the bash to officially unveil a newly-named Bedford-Stuyvesant street honoring his 1989 movie “Do the Right Thing.”

Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr., who represents Bud-Stuy at City Hall, proposed the name one summer ago. At the time, he told DNAinfo: “It’s a bit complicated, because the City Council’s standards for co-naming focus on people and organizations, not works of art.”

But at last, in July 2015, Cornegy’s dream is municipal reality.

The iconic block of Stuyvesent Avenue where “Do The Right Thing” was filmed, between Lexington Avenue and Quincy Street, is now officially named “Do The Right Thing Way.”