gateway | NJ | Find park - Future Camping

Tent at Floyd Bennett Field campsite in Gateway's Jamaica Bay unit.

You can camp at all three units of Gateway, in the shadow of NYC.

Visitors enjoying the sun and sand at Jacob Riis Park

Millions of visitors visit Gateway's beaches every summer.

The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the only wildlife refuge in the National Park Service

The Sandy Hook lighthouse and keepers quarters

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the United States.

Battery Weed is the fort under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in Staten Island.

Battery Weeds guards the entrance to the New York harbor.

Physical Address:

210 New York Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10305

Mailing Address:

210 New York Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10305

contact-details

Phone Number: 7183544606 Voice

Email Address: daphne_yun@nps.gov
Description:

Fees

Entrance Fees

Entrance Passes

Spanning 27,000 acres from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Breezy Point in New York City, the park is both the gateway from the ocean into New York Harbor, and the gateway to the National Park Service for millions of visitors every year. Gateway offers green spaces and beaches alongside historic structures and cultural landscapes. Every day, Gateway is open for you to explore, envision, and enjoy!

park designation:National Recreation Area

Directions:

Gateway is located in two states; NJ and NY, and has three units: Jamaica Bay, Sandy Hook and Staten Island. You can access most of our park by car and public transportation. Please visit our website for specific directions to all of our units

For detailed directions, please visit this link.

Directions

Operating Hours:

Jamaica Bay Unit hours

Includes Bergen Beach, Floyd Bennett Field, Fort Tilden, Frank Charles Park, Hamilton Beach, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Canarsie Pier, Jacob Riis Park, North Channel Bridge, Plumb Beach and Spring Creek All of our buildings are currently closed in response to New York and New Jersey’s Executive Orders to close all non-life sustaining operations to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Sandy Hook hours

Sandy Hook is open from 6 am to 8 pm. All of our buildings are currently closed in response to New York and New Jersey’s Executive Orders to close all non-life sustaining operations to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Staten Island hours

The Staten Island unit includes Fort Wadsworth, Great Kills and Miller Field. All of our buildings are currently closed in response to New York and New Jersey’s Executive Orders to close all non-life sustaining operations to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Weather Information:

Gateway National Recreation Area includes several separate land areas spread throughout the New York metropolitan area. The New York area experiences four distinct seasons. Temperatures are moderate in the spring and fall, but range from the high 90's during the summer to snow and sleet in winter.