New York City Street Renamed After JIMI HENDRIX

09 August 2024

A stretch of West 8th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village is now known as Jimi Hendrix Way, reports Nick Caloway of CBS News.

The sign stands outside of Electric Lady Studios, which was opened by Hendrix in 1970 shortly before his unexpected death. It was the only artist-owned recording studio in existence at the time.

"Nobody deserves a street more than Jimi Hendrix," said musician and actor Steven Van Zandt. "We got Joey Ramone's done, which is great. They even gave me my own street in my hometown in New Jersey. So, if I got a street, Jimi gets a street, that's for sure."

The street renaming comes ahead of the release of a new documentary about Jimi Hendrix and the studio called, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, and is produced by Jimi's sister Janie Hendrix.