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LOWER EAST SIDE<\/strong> – Jack Kirby, widely known as a co-creator for the Marvel Universe<\/a>, will soon have a street in the Lower East Side named after him.<\/p>\n \u2018Jack Kirby Way\u2019 <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Kirby, who was raised in the Lower East Side, is primarily known for his hand in creating Captain America and The Fantastic Four.<\/p>\n Character Ben Grimm, more commonly known as “The Thing,” grew up on “Yancy Street” \u2013 a fictional street based off a real street in the neighborhood, Delancey Street.<\/p>\n Delancey Street Subway Platform, New York City, New York, USA. (Photo by: GHI\/Education Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) <\/p>\n Essex Street, which lies between Delancey and Rivington, will also be known as “Jack Kirby Way<\/a>” starting on May 11.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> The article includes information from legislation passed by the New York City Council.<\/p>\n Lower East Side<\/a>New York City<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article LOWER EAST SIDE – Jack Kirby, widely known as a co-creator for the Marvel Universe, will soon…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":778039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,6528,5249,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-778038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-lower-east-side","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116529524132699170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-1265276606-scaled.jpg\")
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