Captain Omer Neutra Memorial Park

The park was first created as a neighborhood park, known as Phipps–Marilyn Park, during – and as part of – the construction of the surrounding Woodbury Park Homes housing development.^[2][10][11]

In September 2025, the Town of Oyster Bay officially renamed and dedicated the park to the memory of 21-year-old Omer Neutra, who had grown up in Plainview and frequented the park as a child.^{[3][4][12][13]} Neutra – a Jewish, dual American–Israeli citizen who had deferred his enrollment at Binghamton University to serve in the Israel Defense Forces – was killed and taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with the group confirming his slaying on December 1 of that year;^[3] his body would not be released by Hamas and returned to the United States until that November.^[8][14] The dedication ceremony occurred on September 21, joined by Neutra's family and friends, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Nassau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman, local clergy, and other leaders and dignitaries.^[1][3][4] The ceremony additionally included speeches, calls for peace and for Hamas to release his body, and prayers – along with musical performances by violinist Nicolas Attila and the choir from the Schechter School of Long Island – Neutra's alma mater.^[1][3][4][5]

• Killing of Omer Neutra
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