Holocaust Memorial Park

June 22, 1997 - present

Holocaust Memorial Park is located at the head of Sheepshead Bay. It is New York’s first public memorial to the Holocaust. Dedicated to the six million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust, as well as those who risked their lives to aid those that were targeted, the memorial resonates with Sheepshead Bay’s large Jewish population, many of whom were immigrants and survivors of the atrocities of the Nazi regime. A sculpture resembling a lighthouse eternally shines at the midpoint of the bay, and surrounding it are 234 granite markers that are inscribed with names, places, and historical events related to the Holocaust. Included among the inscriptions are information about heroic individuals who led rescue and relief efforts, individuals who documented Nazi inhumanity, ghettoes, death camps, concentration camps, forced labor camps, pogroms, and anti-Semitic policies and actions. Proposed by the Holocaust Memorial Committee, the memorial was designated in 1986 by the city and Mayor Edward I. Koch, and dedicated on June 22, 1997 by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden allocated $933,000 toward the construction of the memorial.