On November 30, 2003, this corner was officially renamed "Joey Ramone Place" by the city of New York. It is the block where Joey once lived with bandmate Dee Dee Ramone, and near the former site of CBGB.

Interestingly, the Joey Ramone Place sign is the most stolen sign in New York City. Most street signs are placed between 12 to 14 feet, but this one is now hung at 20 feet to deter theft.

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New York-Presbyterian Hospital is where Joey Ramone (aka Jeffry Ross Hyman) died on April 15, 2001 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma.

He was reportedly listening to the song "In a Little While" by U2 when he died. Bono would later say that Joey Ramone had turned a song about a lovesick hangover into a gospel song.

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The Ramones second single off their first album was "53rd and 3rd." Written by the bass player, Dee Dee Ramone, the song focuses on the gay prostitution that was frequent in the area during the 70s and early 80s. According to some sources, the song is at least partly autobiographical.

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This is the former location of the legendary music venue CBGB. Standing for "Country, Bluegrass, and Blues," CBGB became famous for being one of the first venues in New York to embrace punk rock and new wave. The Ramones got their start here, as well as the Talking Heads and Blondie.

CBGB opened in 1973 and closed in October 2006. In April of 2008, a men's designer clothing store opened at the location. Much of the graffiti covering the toilets was preserved, along with some playbills from the club.

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When Bob Dylan was nineteen years old, he would visit his idol Woody Guthrie at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. Woody was suffering from Huntington's disease and it was the near the end of his storied life.

Of Woody Guthrie's body of work, Bob Dylan said, "The songs themselves were really beyond category. They had the infinite sweep of humanity in them."

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