Hero Banners can be found throughout the city of Dunkirk.

Here is the 2025 Hero Banner list as they appear in the city of Dunkirk. The list was compiled by the Hero Banner Committee, Dunkirk Parks Department and Natalie Luczkowiak, First Ward councilwoman.

— Save-a-Lot Plaza: John “Jack” Larivey, Paul Luczkowiak, Leonard Lampert, Stanley “Dolly” Fafinski.

CENTRAL AVENUE

— Between Seventh and W Lucas: Edward J. Urbanik; Harold Edward Rusch and Patrick A. Kennedy; F. Michael Kennedy and Francis A. Kennedy; Jason Curtis William and Earlie Lamar Waller; Thomas H. Ivory and Robert C. Henderson; Koty Lewis Leeper and Chester Kaleta; Thomas J. Guziec, Sr. and Robert Roncska; Jack F. Hood, Jr. and Michael P. Vinciguerra; Matty “Spot” Gee and Michael E. Pacos.

— Corner of West Howard Avenue: Gerald Kozlowski and Anthony C. Corsoro.

— Between West Howard and Bataan Avenue: Frank Vandevelde and Norbert B. Lanski; Earl H. Brooks; David J. Karpinske and Daniel H. Szalkowski; Jaime D. Galarza and Anthony H. Banach; John Bernard Fedysyn and Robert Francis Wolfe; John Edward Fedyszyn and John Robert Fedyszyn.

— Opposite side: Joseph A. Granata and Anthony Ricotta; Charles Anthony Martinelli and Daniel Barlette.

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— Between Bataan Avenue and New York Avenue: Henry Walas and Vincent J. Rossotto; Milton Nikitas and Robert L. Samuelson; Valentine J. Gestwicki and George H. McGraw; Charles A. Mancuso and Robert B. Dimmer

— Opposite side: Sam J. Leone and James Lautenslaker

— Between New York and Willowbrook: Floyd H. Kuzdzal and Louis T. Damico; Gerald V. Gestwicki and John D. Koch; Richard F. Knight and Samuel D. Campese.

— Between Willowbrook and Albany: Guy Kenyon Sievert and Kennard Rogers Franklin; Edmund Andrew Aniszewski and Douglas Eugene Waller

— Between Albany and Pennsylvania: Thomas W. Withington and Harold Frank; Richard Szocki and David F. Graf, Sr.

— Between Pennsylvania and Wilson: Kenneth C. Ahlstrom; Howard “Spike” Dailey and Joseph C. Catalano.

— Between Wilson and Green: David J. Bleck, Sr.; William F. Graf and Francis W. Flynn; Raymond D. Warner and Peter C. Mancini; Guy H. Epolito and Ronald J. Krystofiak

— Between Green and Lafayette: George D. Hutchinson and Paul James Dimmer; David R. Dow

— Between Lafayette and Millard Fillmore: Joseph F. Jasinski and Joseph S. Siracuse; James R. Wheeler and George T. Wheeler, Jr.; Dorothy Pakula Whittaker and Gordon K. Cole, Jr.; Bernard W. Patz and Ernest Tietz; Frank J. Negro, Sr. and Mary Lynch Cummings; Barney A. Kuzara and David Glenn; Gary Mleczko and Mark Mleczko; John Mleczko and Robert Mleczko; Anthony P. Taddio and Harry Mleczko; David J. Bleck, Sr. and Frederick C. Long; Michael O’Boyle and Vietnam KIA (#1)

AT THE PIER

— Entering right side: Edward R. Wlodarek and Mary Graf Gibbons; Ricky Gene Waller and Regina Tell; Roger A. Gotowka and Craig Martin Sutton, Sr.; Tara Whitfield and Dennis Vanderlee

— Entering left side: Andrew Dziduch and Louie Ziegler; George H. Burns and Ronald W. Miller

— Around small park island with chair: Donald J. Rozumalski and Richard L. Frey; Leonard Phillips, III and Luis J. Cruz “Geeege”

THE POINT

— Upon entering and around through: Daniel S. Somerfeldt; Edward W. Banach and Joshua Cosme; Mildred Wuerstle; Frank J. Cutrona and Rex Olrogg; Daniel R. Formanowicz and Michael J. Granto

— Leaving the Point, near the Lighthouse: Stanley J. Sikora and Thomas Madigan; Edward J Rak and Frank Levandowski Sr.

— Point Drive from exit of the Point, left side: Jerome D. Kuzora and Eugene Harold Boner; Richard M. Sosinski and Raymond J. Byczynski; David J. Lukasik, Jr. and Donald J. Szynski

— Right side: Robert “Buddy” Kuzdale and Robert H. Meyers; Richard P. Jakubczyk and Michael S. Gregoreski; Benjamin E. Poweski and James S Lemanski; Nicholas C. Andin and Charles Anthony Martinelli; Vincent C. Bentley and Michael Kugler; Thomas Horan and Leo Bamonto

— OAK STREET from the Point: Stanley Daniel Gliwa; Norman F. Pieszak and Gerald E. Carroll; Henry Wojcinski; Terry F. Frazier and Donald Stoyle; Leonard (Jack) Mathers and Casmir Kuziora; George Damon Mayott and Norman Schmidt; Henry “Hank” A. Timmerman and Carmine Paul Vendette; Hector M. Rosas, Jr. and Sam J. Crea; Richard C. Victor and Fred H. Pupenbroke; Robert E. McClenathan and Andrew F. Sprague

— Kosciuszko Memorial on Lake Shore Drive and Roberts: Robert Fijal and Edward Fijal; Harry Gould and Alan J. Gould; Sam J. Gerace and Harry Hamernik Sr.

— From North Main to the pathway road on the side of Tim Hortons: Donald Robert Thering “Rob” and Felix Sweich; Peter Komada, Jr. and Mathew J. Tworek; Chester Cybulski and Richard F. Anson; Frank Sobilo and Angelo Buffa; Joseph Albert Boner, Sr. and Luis Manuel Fred; Daniel A. Odebralski and Donald Lewandowski

— From road on the side of Tim Hortons to the Pier: Robert S. McGraw and Leonard Walter Golubski; Arthur E. Wuerstle and Arthur W. “Skip” Wuerstle; Gerald J. Kubasik, Sr. and Leo V. Kubasik

— At Memorial Park: Aurea Rivera Neal and Julio Rivera; David Rivera and Edwin Rivera; Richard L. Matyjakowski and Richard Matyjakowski; John Edwards Ludwig and Bernard A. Kawski; Rocco Ardillo and John A. Jakubowicz; Robert Alton Schulenberg and David G. Schulenberg

— Beyond Memorial Park toward Bart’s Cove: John R. Miga and Hector L. Bauza; Edward M. Orcutt and Leonard Catalano; Peter Briggs and Mark S. Kubera; Michael Sammartino and Vietnam KIA(#2)

ON FOURTH STREET near the Police Station, from Central to Washington:

Left side: Aloysius Czekanski; Clinton E. Marks; Arthur J. Anders.

Right side: Matthew Woloszyn.

On Fourth, between Central and Lark:

Right side: Charles E. Graves, Sr.;

Left side: Michael M. Woloszyn.

ON FOURTH STREET

Between Eagle and Pelican: James B. Schmatz

Down North Serval from Lake Shore Drive: Frank M. Mleczko; Walter G. Lazarczyk and Harry S. Poweski; Richard M. Mackowiak, Sr. and Daniel V. Lasecki; Edward Jusko and John J. Michalak; Ralph Arthur Letersky, Sr. and Donald “Moe” Fafinski; Harry Eugene Bernstein and Edward A. Guziec, Sr.; Henry F. Mucha and Stanley E. Sosinski; John Mazurek and Florian Banach; Alosius F. Kaus and Daniel A. Pieszak; Michael P. Sikora

In front of the Beach House Grill: Frank Scaglione, Carl Scaglione and Joseph Anthony Polvino

In front of the Prommenschenckel field, down Wright Park Drive: Alphonse G. Kwiej.

ON LAKE FRONT BOULEVARD

Between North Main and North Beaver: Chester Gliwa and Leonard Kozlowski

Between N Beaver and N Roberts: Leo C. Majka, Jr. and Leo C. Majka Sr.; Jack B. Bialaszewski and Fred Hudson

Between North Beagle and North Ermine: Richard J. Pinkoski and Richard M. Pinkoski

Between North Ermine and Genet: Richard E. Pinkoski and Walter Dykas

Between Genet and Leming: Leola Vande Velde Coniglio and Albert C. Vande Velde; Thomas Lokietek and Robert F. Lokietek

Between Leming and Armadillo: Samuel T. Gerace and Walter E. Marut

Between Armadillo and N Pangolin: Alfred (Fritz) Kubera and Edward Gnadzinski, Sr.; Ronald T. Tofil and Edmund J. Wojcinski

Between North Pangolin and N Jerboa: Edwin J. Kuzdale and Alexander N. Uszacki

Between North Jerboa and North Martin: Norman Beiger and Arthur Beiger

Between North Martin and North Ocelot: Joseph J. Mroczka and Daniel T. Salerno

Between North Ocelot and North Serval: Alphonse Piglowski and Henry P. Stolinski