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

  • Floyd Bennett beside an airplane
    Floyd Bennett

    Floyd Bennett field is named after aviator Floyd Bennett

  • Jacob Riis
    Jacob Riis

    Riis park is named after photographer Jacob Riis

  • Samuel Tilden
    Samuel Tilden

    Fort Tilden is named after NY politician Samuel Tilden

  • Herbert Johnson
    Herbert Johnson

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

  • Robert Moses
    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.

  • Wiley Post
    Wiley Post

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

  • Douglas
    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.

  • Jackie Cochran
    Jackie Cochran

    Jacqueline Cochran was a record-breaking female pilot.

Last updated: December 2, 2021

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