[Ads /]
The street outside the 46th Precinct was renamed in honor of Detective Miosotis Familia in a ceremony Thursday morning with Commissioner James O'Neill and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The entire ceremony was streamed live on abc7ny.com and the Eyewitness News app.
The 48-year-old was just blocks away from the precinct last July 5 when she was assassinated while sitting in a mobile command unit with her partner.
Officers confronted the shooter, fatally shooting him.
Detective Familia's three children, 20-year-old Genesis and 12-year-old twin siblings Delilah and Peter, were on hand for the renaming.
Genesis delivered an emotional statement remembering her mother's heroism.
RAW VIDEO: Daughter of Detective Miosotis Familia speaks
The renaming event followed an emotional ceremony overnight.
[Ads /]
At midnight, officers, friends and family, including Familia's children, attended a vigil at the 46th Precinct. Everyone held candles in her honor.
The vigil was held at the time she died one year ago.
[Ads /]
Her partner said Detective Familia had a tough job but always found a way to be positive.
"You'd be hard pressed to find an individual to say they ever saw this woman in a bad mood," Officer Vincent Maher said. "She had the ability to seek out every single person that she worked with every night."
Also on Thursday, a private memorial Mass was held to remember Detective Familia.
----------
* More Bronx news
* Send us a news tip
* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts