Editing Do the Right Thing (section)

==Do The Right Thing Way==
The section of Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, where the entire film was shot, was renamed Do The Right Thing Way in 2015. The renaming came from a push by [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bed-Stuy's]] city council representative [[Robert Cornegy|Robert Cornegy Jr.]]<ref>Wilson, Simone. [https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-street-re-named-do-right-thing-way-honor-spike-lee-classic-0 “Bed-Stuy Street Renamed ‘Do The Right Thing Way’ to Honor Spike Lee Classic”.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302183700/https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-street-re-named-do-right-thing-way-honor-spike-lee-classic-0 |date=March 2, 2023 }} ''Patch''. Published July 24th, 2015. Accessed March 2nd, 2023.</ref> and was included as part of a bill to honor important figures from New York City's history.<ref>[https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2376651&GUID=4245D2E5-EE2A-4B40-9195-BCC8D0CC7130&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=%22Marjorie+Sewell+Cautley+%22 New York City Law Number 2015/076.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302183700/https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2376651&GUID=4245D2E5-EE2A-4B40-9195-BCC8D0CC7130&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=%22Marjorie+Sewell+Cautley+%22 |date=March 2, 2023 }} Enacted August 10th, 2015.</ref> The renaming was meant to occur in 2014, but was delayed by the city. The street is the only street in New York City named after a work of fiction, and one of the only streets named after a work of fiction in the world.<ref>Blum, Sam. [https://www.bkmag.com/2015/08/11/do-the-right-thing-street-in-bed-stuy-officially-named-after-spike-lee-movie/ “DO THE RIGHT THING: STREET IN BED-STUY OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER SPIKE LEE MOVIE”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302183700/https://www.bkmag.com/2015/08/11/do-the-right-thing-street-in-bed-stuy-officially-named-after-spike-lee-movie/ |date=March 2, 2023 }}. ''Brooklyn''. Published August 11th, 2015. Accessed March 2nd, 2023.</ref> Lee was reportedly “excited” by the renaming, and has also begun selling faux street signs for the street on his website.<ref>[https://spikes-joint.myshopify.com/products/do-the-right-thing-street-sign-1 ”Do The Right Thing Street Sign”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302183700/https://spikes-joint.myshopify.com/products/do-the-right-thing-street-sign-1 |date=March 2, 2023 }}. ''Spike’s Joint''. Accessed March 2nd, 2023.</ref>