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Gateway National Recreation Area
Directions

Gateway's three units are easily accessible by car or public transportation from anywhere in the New Jersey / New York area.  To find directions to park by car, click on the area you wish to visit.

Jamaica Bay

Staten Island

Sandy Hook

Plane

Gateway NRA is accessible by the three New York metropolitan airports: Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark (NJ).

 
 
The NC 4 in flight.  

Did You Know?
The first transatlantic flight departed from the Rockaway Naval Air Station on Jamaica Bay in 1919. Today, it is the site of Gateway NRA's Jacob Riis Park.

Last Updated: July 31, 2006 at 14:19 EST