Last June, the Jewish community marked two milestones: 80 years since the liberation of Nazi concentration camps and the 40th Annual Holocaust Memorial Gathering at Holocaust Memorial Park, located along the water between Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard in Sheepshead Bay.

New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel, with the majority living in Brooklyn. With the support of then-Mayor Ed Koch, the site was designated in 1995 as the city’s first outdoor museum of its kind. At the dedication, Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who helped bring more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice, delivered the keynote address.

Then-Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden allocated funds for the permanent memorial, which was completed and officially ded

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