Family and friends honored a 16-year-old who was shot a year ago through a co-naming of a Bronx street in her honor.

“This is where Angellyh was raised and practically born in a way, so I think it was perfect for this place to be her,” Yanely Henriquez, Angellyh Yambo’s mother, said Saturday.

They said the intersection on Bailey Avenue and Bailey Place in Kingsbridge Heights holds special significance to Yambo.

What You Need To Know

  • A year after the tragic death of 16-year-old Angellyh Yambo, her memory lives on through the co-naming of a street in her honor

  • Family and friends said the intersection on Bailey Avenue and Bailey Place in Kingsbridge Heights, where she grew up, holds special significance to Yambo

  • The teenager, who’s affectionately called Angie, was shot in the chest while walking home from high school in University Heights and later died of her injuries a year ago

  • The family said with this street dedication and foundation, the Angellyh Yambo Foundation they created in her honor, they will continue to turn their pain into purpose

Her mother said she would’ve absolutely loved that it’s now officially co-named after her.

“She always said she was going to be famous, so I think she would say, ‘Mommy, I made it, I did it,’” said Henriquez.

It was just a year ago when the teenager, who’s affectionately called Angie, was shot in the chest while walking home from high school in University Heights and later died of her injuries.  

Jeremiah Ryan, 17, was arrested and charged with her murder. Police say Yambo was not the intended target.

“When that bullet pierced her body, it also ripped apart the anatomy of our community,” Mayor Eric Adams said at the gathering Saturday.

Adams and several other elected officials comforted family members and highlighted the continued issue of gun violence and its impact on parents throughout communities.

“Guns are not made in the South Bronx, so why are there so many here in the Bronx, in Brooklyn, in Manhattan it’s because [they] are exploiting our communities, so I’m dogmatic about this I’m committed about this,” said Adams.

“In the days after this happened, we traveled and visited her classmates at University Prep, and everyone loved her. She was and will always be a princess, a diva, a queen, right,” said Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson.

Henriquez said the continued community support the family has received since Yambo’s death has helped and pushes her every day.

“I miss her. You know it’s a lot, but I have to do this for her,” she said.

The family said with the street dedication and foundation, the Angellyh Yambo Foundation they created in her honor, they will continue to turn their pain into purpose.