Dwight Gooden finally got his golden moment at City Hall — 31 years late.
More than 30 years after the Mets great famously missed the team’s 1986 ticker-tape parade and City Hall celebration after he got blitzed the night before, Mayor de Blasio presented him with a key to the city.
“This is one of the ultimate comeback stories,” de Blasio said during a ceremony in City Hall plaza honoring Gooden and the Mets’ last championship team.
“There was a time when Doc didn’t know if he’d make it to the age of 50, but he gritted it out the same way he did in tough games,” he said.