Holtzman, Jordan: Sarita Daftary-Steel collection of East New York oral histories: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

In the interview, Jordan Holtzman describes growing up in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, attending local schools (PS 190, George Gershwin Junior High School, and Thomas Jefferson High School), working with his father, local businesses on New Lots Avenue, integration of the neighborhood, and the Linden Houses. The interview was conducted by Sarita Daftary-Steel at PS 99 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York.

Biographical note

Jordan Holtzman was born in Brooklyn in 1946 to Jewish parents. His family moved to the Linden Houses in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1950s, where they remained until the 1970s. He attended PS 190, George Gershwin Junior High School, Thomas Jefferson High School, New York City Community College, and Baruch College. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a stock trader on Wall Street for 25 years, and now works as a Parent Coordinator at PS 99 in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. He lives in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.

Subjects

Organizations

Fortunoff (Department store); George Gershwin J.H.S. 166 (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.); Linden Houses (Housing complex); Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

People

Holtzman, Jordan

Topics

Places

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); East New York (New York, N.Y.) |x Social conditions

Holtzman, Jordan, 2014 July 17, inclusive