Jamaica Bay People

Gateway's Jamaica Bay Unit contains many historic and natural resources associated with the "Golden Age" of aviation, national defense, public recreation and natural resource preservation. The following are just some of the notable figures who contributed to our nation's heritage.

 

Jamaica Bay People

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  Floyd Bennett

  Floyd Bennett field is named after aviator Floyd Bennett

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  Jacob Riis

  Riis park is named after photographer Jacob Riis

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  Samuel Tilden

  Fort Tilden is named after NY politician Samuel Tilden

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  Herbert Johnson

  Herbert Johnson was the first manager of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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  Robert Moses

  Perhaps no other single person had as great an effect on the development of Jamaica Bay as Robert Moses did through the 20th century.

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  Wiley Post

  Wiley Post was an aviation pioneer. He set the record for a solo flight around the world from Floyd Bennett Field.

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  Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan

  After filing a flight plan from FBF to California, Corrigan flew 3,150 miles to Dublin. He claimed to have gone the wrong way.

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  Jackie Cochran

  Jacqueline Cochran was a record-breaking female pilot.