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They're officially the coolest kids to come out of Forest Hills High in Queens, N.Y., and that's saying something. The street where the Ramones -- Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy -- went to high school is now named for them, as they beat out other former students such as Burt Bacharach, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

It's a natural fit for a band that personified street-tough punk rock to have a street named for it -- and the band now has two in New York City alone. The new one's at 67th Ave. and 110th, where hundreds of fans gathered for a renaming ceremony Sunday. Already on the map: Joey Ramone Place on the Lower East Side, near the former home of the CBGB club.

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For NPR's Newscast unit, Allyson Mccabe reports from today's dedication ceremony in New York:

To appreciate their feat of having their old high school's street named for them, consider that other former students included Bob Keeshan (who portrayed Captain Kangaroo), Radioactive Records founder and music promoter Gary Kurfirst, and current U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.

Another famous product of the Forest Hills neighborhood was Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spiderman, whose Midtown High School is believed to have been based on Forest Hills High.

In honor of Halloween, here's one of the Ramones' later hits: "Pet Sematary" -- as in "I don't wanna be buried in a ...."

But if you're thirsty for the punk-rock edge that the Ramones were famous for, it's best to check out their London concert from 1977:

Ramones - Live At The Rainbow - December 31, 1977

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They're officially the coolest kids to come out of Forest Hills High in Queens, N.Y., and that's saying something. Other famous former students included Burt Bacharach, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

The Ramones Way: Street at rockers' high school renamed for band

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