Vincent Gattullo Way (Staten Island)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of Clove Road and Martling Place
Honoree: Vincent Gattullo (d. 2017) was an educator and community leader with broad influence on Goodhue Center, Zoological Society, American Parkinson Disease, other local and national institutions. He worked multiple jobs at a young age while still attending school. He served in the United States Army. One of his proudest and earliest accomplishments was improving the Goodhue Center, The Children's Aid Society complex. He helped raise $4 million to renovate the Goodhue Mansion, turning an unusable space into an administrative and recreation center, but most importantly building the new children's foster homes and a gymnasium that helped countless children. He was an educator for 23 years with the New York City Department of Education, first as a teacher and then as a principal. . He helped create the Sex Education program for the entire New York City school system. He later became a professor at Wagner College, College of Staten Island and St. John's University. He was associated with the Staten Island Zoological Society for 15 years as a trustee, 5 years as president and 25 years as director. He raised $65 million to make the Zoo a place for the whole community to enjoy, but more importantly improving the first educational zoo in America bringing the “biggest little Zoo” back from the brink of closing. Over his 30 years of involvement with the American Parkinson Disease Association Inc., he raised $63 million that funded much-needed research and information and referral centers throughout the United States. He formed an additional foundation in the Netherlands, Netherlands Parkinson's Foundation Inc. that funded research to find a cure for the debilitating disease worldwide. (Rose)
LL:2022/54