Didarul Islam Way was unveiled Saturday in The Bronx at a ceremony honoring the slain officer and father who died nearly a year ago during a mass shooting on Park Avenue.
The street renaming took place at E. 172nd Street and Beach Avenue in Soundview, with family, friends, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and other NYPD officials in attendance.
"By placing Didar’s name on this street in his family’s neighborhood in the Bronx, New York is making him part of the landscape of the city he chose as his home and devoted himself to serving," Tisch stated on X. "Once a person’s name is placed in our community, that life becomes part of the story New York tells about itself. Didarul Islam earned that place in our story."
Islam, 36, was working a security detail in uniform at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on July 28, 2025, when a gunman entered the building's lobby and opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle. Islam sustained the first fatal wound.
The gunman, Shane Devon Tamura, 27, killed four other people before taking his own life. Investigators determined Tamura targeted the NFL, believing he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) due to football-related injuries. An autopsy later confirmed he had the condition.
Islam was posthumously promoted to Detective First Grade. He is survived by his wife, who was pregnant when he died, and their three young sons.
"May Didarul Islam Way always remind us of his devotion to New York and to the family at the center of his life," Tisch said. "May his memory continue to be a blessing."
Separately, an NFL employee injured in the shooting intends to sue the city for $24 million, alleging negligence by Islam allowed the gunman access to the building.
