Uptown Bike Route Renamed ‘Lily’s Greenway’ In Honor Of Girl, 3, Killed While Biking On The Street

UPTOWN —  Elizabeth “Lily” Grace Shambrook loved getting outdoors and exploring her city, often from the back of her parents bikes. Lily s adventurous spirit was cut short in 2022, when the 3-year-old girl lost her life in a bicycle crash in Uptown. Now, a portion of a bicycle route in Uptown has been renamed for Lily, whose life and tragic death has led to improvements in bicycling infrastructure in the neighborhood. Family, friends, neighbors and Ald. Angela Clay (46th) gathered Saturday at the corner of Leland Avenue and Beacon Street to unveil honorary street signs renaming the Leland Avenue bike route as Lily s Greenway. The group wore purple ribbons in honor of Lily s favorite color. “Leland was definitely a highway for our family as far as getting back and forth. It still is,” Tim Shambrook, Lily’s father, said during the unveiling. “It s nice to know that, out of the loss you can suffer, the city is actually answering some of the things that advocates have been as