By KIMBERLY JACOBS 

The de Blasio administration has honored the Norwood/Bedford Park community’s request to have a street renamed on behalf of a community activist who passed away last year.

Greenstreet Triangle, abutting Tracey Towers on West Mosholu Parkway South, will be renamed Margaret Mack Triangle. It’s a fitting tribute to Mack, a longtime Community Board 7 member who served as chair of the Board’s Parks Committee. She died last year after a long battle with cancer.

For years, Mack was known as a stalwart in Tracey Towers, the twin high-rises that house thousands of tenants. She lived there with her husband Joe. Haranguing management to improve conditions was part of her daily civic responsibilities, a type of activism that earned her recognition.

“She really helped turn this building around,” said Jean Hill, Mack’s neighbor and friend.

“Margaret Mack was a good neighbor in the truest sense of the term. She spent many years on the Tracey Towers Tenants Association where she was a leader for her fellow residents, fighting for cleaner hallways, better working elevators, as well as heat and hot water,” said Councilman Andrew Cohen, who drafted a portion of the overall street-renaming bill to incorporate Mack.

“One of the greatest tests of her leadership was when she rallied her fellow tenants and took their case to court, fighting against management’s proposed rent hikes upon the lower- and fixed-income residents, for over two years,” he continued.

Besides the work she did in her building on the board of the Tracey Towers Tenants Association, Networking Committee, and other civic organizations, her work on CB7 the last seven years of her life proved impactful as several Board members stood in front of Mayor Bill de Blasio on Feb. 5 when he signed off on the street re-naming.

“She would always say it was an honor working with me as the chairman, but it was truly an honor for me to work with her,” said Adaline Walker-Santiago, chairman of Community Board 7. “She was always happy and working to make others happy.”

As Parks and Recreation chair, Mack constantly tried to maintain the look and upkeep of that area. “The upkeep had to be the best in the middle of the triangle,” said Walker. The growing bush in the triangle was a pet peeve of hers due to it covering the area preventing drivers from seeing where to enter and also making it dangerous for pedestrians waiting for the bus and trying to cross the street.

“She would threaten to trim the hedges herself if the Parks Department didn’t do it,” said Hill. “We would tell them this all the time.”