Hall of Fame infielder Jackie Robinson—for his role in integrating baseball, his stellar play and his extraordinary character—would likely appear on any shortlist of New York’s greatest athletic figures.
The legendary Brooklyn Dodger, however, is still receiving a measure of disrespect in the town where he played out his major league career nearly 76 years after his big-league debut.
The New York Post reported Sunday evening that Robinson’s name was misspelled on a road sign near Queens’ Forest Park, not far from his eponymous road. The sign read “Jakie [sic] Robinson Parkway."
