[2] In the 1950s, Lozada's parents had moved from Puerto Rico to Manhattan in New York City where she and her brother were born.

[2] On September 21, 1984, Lozada, then having less than 3 years on the force, and her partner were assigned to patrol the BMT Canarsie Line (then the LL train) in plainclothes.

During her patrol at Wilson Avenue station in Bushwick, Brooklyn, she witnessed a suspect, Darryl Jeter, snatch a jewelry necklace from an unsuspecting train rider.

Lozada's body was found three hours later in the lot; she was the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty in New York City.

[10] In the memorial ceremony at Calvary Cemetery in 2004, NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly stated:[2] It is difficult to tell how a single event changes pervasive attitudes.

But this death was, you might say, the jolting realization of the equality of the risk.On October 2, 2012, a bill, whose provisions include renaming a street in Brooklyn in honor of Lozada, was signed into law by Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

"Irma Lozada Way" is located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Van Sinderen Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn.