On the steps behind Brooklyn Borough Hall this morning, director Spike Lee glowered for photos and accepted some fancy paperwork from Borough President Eric Adams in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Lee’s groundbreaking film, Do the Right Thing. A single block on Stuyvesant Avenue (between Lexington and Quincy) is to be honored with the title, "Do the Right Thing Way," as it was the sole location Lee used to film his movie back in 1989. The same famous stretch of Bed-Stuy will also be hosting an “old school block party” on Saturday, June 28th from noon until 6 p.m., with Lee in attendance as the MC.

“Can you still say ‘Bed-Stuy, do or die?’” Lee asked when he was receiving the proclamation (Answer: not really?). Someone in the crowd shouted back about the restaurant Do or Dine, to which Lee replied, “What, Bed-Stuy Do-or-Dine? I don’t…I don’t know. Is that a new gentrification thing? Are there tables on the sidewalk with white linen? Anyway. We don’t want to get into that. Not today.”

Since he was leaving the “motherfucking hipsters” out of the conversation, Lee instead used his time at the podium to promote another subject he’s passionate about: a plaque for Cumberland Hospital, the birth place of Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, and Bernard and Albert King.

Bernard King,Albert King,Mike Tyson And Michael Jordan Were All Born In Cumberland Hospital In Fort Greene,Brooklyn.Spreadin' Love-Da BK Way — Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) April 9, 2013

“I’m going to say something controversial,” Senator Velmanette Montgomery told Lee at the end of the conference. “I know that you are so happy that this citation is signed by Eric Adams as our borough president. It could be signed by somebody else and you wouldn’t feel as deep as you feel about this. Let me just say this: I feel very deep about it.”

In his typical fashion, Lee only took two questions from the media before shouting, “That’s it!” and bolting down the block.