{"id":63073,"date":"2026-09-05T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conexion23.com\/?p=63073"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:46:12","slug":"una-calle-de-washington-heights-llevara-nombre-de-dominicano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conexion23.com\/?p=63073","title":{"rendered":"Una calle de Washington Heights llevar\u00e1 nombre de dominicano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Una calle de Washington Heights llevar\u00e1 el nombre de un joven de origen dominicano que muri\u00f3 en marzo de 2023, a los 15 a\u00f1os, y cuyo legado continu\u00f3 presente en la comunidad que lo vio crecer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La intersecci\u00f3n de la calle 187 y la avenida Fort Washington ahora lleva el nombre de Leonardo A. Dilon\u00e9 Figueredo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El reconocimiento, impulsado por la concejal Carmen de la Rosa, busc\u00f3 honrar la memoria de un adolescente que, adem\u00e1s de destacarse en el b\u00e9isbol en la PS 187, el Manhattan Center for Science &amp; Math Rams y el instituto Gregorio Luper\u00f3n, era reconocido por su disposici\u00f3n a ayudar a los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00abLeonardo dej\u00f3 una impresi\u00f3n duradera en el campo, en sus amigos y en su barrio dejando un vac\u00edo que ninguna palabra puede llenar\u00bb, se\u00f1al\u00f3 la concejal, quien agreg\u00f3 que el joven ayudaba a adultos mayores, colaboraba en la limpieza de su comunidad y procuraba estar presente para quienes necesitaban apoyo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UN LEGADO VIVO EN LA COMUNIDAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Su pasi\u00f3n por el b\u00e9isbol ocup\u00f3 un lugar especial en su vida. Seg\u00fan un mensaje publicado en la campa\u00f1a de recaudaci\u00f3n en GoFundMe, Dilon\u00e9 aspiraba a convertirse en jugador profesional y so\u00f1aba con mudarse a Miami, Florida, para ofrecer una vida mejor a sus padres y a su hermano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Su muerte, ocurrida el 6 de marzo de 2023, sorprendi\u00f3 a familiares, amigos y miembros de la comunidad, quienes desde entonces impulsaron distintas iniciativas para mantener viva su memoria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De acuerdo con De la Rosa, en el instituto donde estudiaba se realizan anualmente actividades de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos y becas en su nombre. Adem\u00e1s, su dorsal n\u00famero 10 fue retirado como homenaje a su trayectoria deportiva.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A su memoria tambi\u00e9n se dedic\u00f3 un banco conmemorativo en Fort Tryon Park y se cre\u00f3 el torneo anual de b\u00e9isbol \u00abLD is Love\u00bb, una iniciativa que busca fomentar la camarader\u00eda y ofrecer a los j\u00f3venes de Washington Heights un espacio seguro para practicar deporte.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">El nuevo homenaje se sum\u00f3 a estas iniciativas con las que familiares, amigos y miembros de la comunidad procuraron preservar el recuerdo de Leonardo y los valores que, seg\u00fan quienes lo conocieron, caracterizaron su corta vida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una calle de Washington Heights llevar\u00e1 el nombre de un joven de origen dominicano que muri\u00f3 en marzo de 2023, a los 15 a\u00f1os, y cuyo legado continu\u00f3 presente en la comunidad que lo vio crecer. 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