William Helmreich, the sociologist who famously walked nearly every street in New York City to learn about its residents, has passed away from the novel…
His passing was confirmed by“It’s my sad duty to tell you that Professor William Helmreich, distinguished professor and foundational member of the CCNY sociology department, has passed away, falling to the coronavirus,” CCNY President Vincent Boudreau said in a statement on Monday.
“Willy—as everyone knew him—was an expansive writer and analyst, covering topics as varied as immigration, life inside yeshivas and the formation of stereotypes. He will, however, almost certainly be most fondly remembered for a joyful series of recent books, chronicling his efforts to walk all the streets of New York, and report on what he saw and heard.
Born in Switzerland to Holocaust survivors, Helmreich immigrated to New York City as an infant and grew up in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Inspired by a game he played with his father growing up, in which they would ride a subway line and explore the neighborhood where it stopped, Helmreich embarked on a four-year quest to walk every street in five boroughs of New York City and study its residents. His walks resulted in 2013’s, a book which chronicled his strolls and the people he met along the way.
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