Yawkey Way is going, going, gone.

The city's five-member Public Improvement Commission voted unanimously today to change the road's name back to Jersey Street at the behest of the Red Sox. The Public Improvement Commission, which is made up of public works officials appointed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, is the body that approves street name change requests, which must come with the approval of 100 percent of property owners on the street.

Besides the Red Sox, only two other businesses own property on Yawkey Way, which was named for former Sox owner Tom Yawkey in 1976. Current owner John Henry said last year he was "haunted" by Yawkey's name because of the team's failure to integrate until 1959 — 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier — under Yawkey's leadership.

The name brought significant opposition from some community members and the Yawkey Foundations, which were set up by Tom Yakwey's wife Jean and have donated more than $450 million to charities over several decades. Dozens testified at multiple public hearings over more than a month, and the commission delayed voting multiple times.

But other people backed the name change, saying Yawkey's name was a reminder of racism and he should not be recognized on a city street. Walter Carrington, who led a the state investigation of discrimination in the Red Sox in 1959, said he was pleased by the final vote.

"Once the issue came up, Boston had a binary choice — either to continue to honor a man with this racist past or not and they decided happily not to continue to honor him," Carrington told the Herald. "I'm happy about that."