Posted on 10/23/17
| News Source: NY Daily News
A Brooklyn cop killed in the line of duty nearly four decades ago has been immortalized Saturday on the street where he was fatally shot.
The life and the legacy of NYPD Patrolman David Guttenberg was remembered as 86th St. between Seventh and Battery Aves. in Bay Ridge was renamed in his honor.
"Our hearts are full knowing that he has not been forgotten 39 years after his death,” said Guttenberg’s daughter Amy Guttenberg-Windsor, 51, who was 12-years-old when her father died.
Guttenberg, 49, was murdered when he walked in on a robbery at an auto body shop on 86th St. on Dec. 28, 1978.
His partner, who was sitting in a nearby patrol car, didn’t know what happened until the owner of the store ran outside screaming.
“That moment changed our lives and the lives of everyone who knew him forever,” Guttenberg-Windsor said. “But what got us through that difficult time was the outpouring of love and support we received from our family and friends, the Bay Ridge community, the 68th Precinct, and the people of this great city of New York.”
“That love has sustained us for almost 40 years,” she continued. “It is our hope that the co-naming of this corner in my father's honor will give the people of this community an opportunity to understand the person that he was and to keep his memory alive.” Red more at NY Daily News