NYC GIVES BEASTIES AN INTERSECTION

Ch-check it out: You gotta fight for your right to have an intersection named after you. Following eight years of debate, the Lower East Side corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets will become Beastie Boys Square.

Mike D, Ad-Rock and the late MCA will be honored at the location of the former clothing store used on the cover of 1989’s classic Paul’s Boutique, the New York City Council having approved the designation. (The cover photograph presented Lee’s Sportswear at 99 Rivington, but the cover itself unfolded to show the entire intersection.)

Brooklyn resident LeRoy McCarthy, who successfully campaigned to get the Notorious B.I.G. honored in Brooklyn and the Wu-Tang Clan on Staten Island, was a crucial voice in the advocacy for Beastie Boys Square.

“It's been a long road to get Beastie Boys Square accomplished," McCarthy told the New York Post, "but I'm happy to see New York government formally embracing the indigenous arts and culture of hip-hop, and the street sign is very appropriate because hip-hop is from the NYC streets.”

Today 99 Rivington St. is home to Wolfnights Gourmet Wraps. Will they now start offering a five-piece chicken dinner?