Jean-Michel Basquiat , the lauded artist whose legacy has endured decades after his passing, now has a small stretch of downtown Manhattan named in his honor.

On Tuesday, officials with the New York City Council joined the Basquiat estate, members of the artist’s family, cultural leaders and local community members to unveil Jean-Michel Basquiat Way, located on the stretch of Great Jones Street between Bowery and Lafayette.

The block holds significance for the legacy of the late Brooklyn native, who lived and worked at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 until his tragic death at 27 in 1988 .

In recent years, works by Basquiat — known for his signature style of boundary-defying, graffiti-rooted art that set New York City’s art scene ablaze during the 1980s — have broken sales records a

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