Eileen Duggan Square

Eileen Duggan (1959-1994) was a school crossing guard assigned to Corpus Christi Grammar School in Woodside. On November 17, 1994, while on duty helping a woman to cross the street, she was struck and killed by a sports car at the intersection of 60th Street and 31st Avenue, her assigned post in front of the school. A mother of three children and a graduate of Corpus Christi, she was also President of the school’s Parent Association. She was 35 years old.

When the previous crossing guard retired and the city announced it was cutting the post, Duggan lobbied for and won the guard's position outside Corpus Christi Grammar school where two of her children were enrolled. A resident of Woodside, she was appointed to her civilian position as a crossing guard with 114th Precinct of the New York City Police Department on March 2, 1994.

Duggan was survived at the time by her second husband, John, and her three children, Jennifer, Erin, and Patrick. The intersection of 60th Street and 31st Avenue, where she lost her life in the line of duty, is named in her honor.

Sources:

MAYOR GIULIANI AND COMMISSIONER SAFIR DEDICATE PLAQUE TO THE MEMORY OF SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS EILEEN P. DUGGAN AND LORRAINE P. ELLIOT,” Archives of the Mayor’s Press Office, NYC.gov, September 16, 1998, accessed January 4, 2025.

"Crossing Guard Killed at Queens School,” The New York Times, November 18, 1994.

Crossing Guard Killed, Queens Mother Was Devoted to Job,” Daily News, November 18, 1994.

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed April 24, 2023.