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Special Announcement for Labor Day Weekend Regarding Hurricane Earl

Swimming and kayaking are SUSPENDED at all Gateway units on Friday, September 3. Kayaking and campfire programs for Friday have been CANCELLED. For Labor Day weekend updates, follow us on Twitter or call Sandy Hook Unit at 732-872-5900, Staten Island Unit at 718-351-6970 and Jacob Riis Park at 718-318-4300.
 

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The National Park Service has recently updated its website system. While we are checking each page to make sure all of our links work, you might find some links which do not work correctly. Please let us know and we will fix them as soon as we can. Thanks for your assistance!

Here's one place to find out what's going on this week at all of Gateway NRA's three units: our Fall Program Guide. There's a lot going on at Gateway this fall, so this file takes awhile to download.

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More Ways to Stay Connected

Gateway National Recreation Area is giving you more ways to stay connected to news, activities and events at the park. So follow us on Twitter or share your favorite photos of Gateway on Flickr. You can also sign up for our RSS Feeds and get our press releases on current events and our General Management Plan:  

NEW! GMP Newsletter Translated:
 
Now is a great time to get out and see the fall migration at Jamaica Bay.

Jamaica Bay Unit

Gateway's Jamaica Bay Unit in Brooklyn and Queens includes a wealth of history, nature and recreation, from New York City's first major airport and coastal fortifications to a wildlife refuge and pristine beaches. It's migration time again! Check out what birds are heading south for the winter at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. While you are there, you can learn what's up, besides the birds, at the Visitor Contact Center. There are new exhibits, walking trails and ranger programs to explore.

See the unit's Calendar of Events to find out what you can do at Jamaica Bay this fall.
 
Fort Hancock

Sandy Hook Unit

Visit the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, America's oldest operating lighthouse (1764), as well as Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, which helped to defend our freedom, at Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit in New Jersey.  These sites complement outstanding beaches, a Holly forest and other natural and recreational resources. 

See what you can do at Sandy Hook this fall in the unit's Calendar of Events.
 
Fort Wadsworth stands watch over the entrance to New York Harbor.

Staten Island Unit

From fishing to sailing, soccer and baseball to model airplane flying, Gateway's Staten Island Unit offers a wide range of recreational opportunities. This is in addition to the rich history of Fort Wadsworth and World War Veterans Park at Miller Field and the natural areas of Great Kills Park.

See the unit Calendar of Events to find out what you can do this fall on Staten Island.
 
 

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Journalist Jacob Riis was called "New York's most useful citizen," by Theodore Roosevelt. As police commissioner, Roosevelt often accompanied Riis in raids exposing the hardship of life for New York City's poor and immigrant populations.
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Last Updated: September 05, 2010 at 18:29 EST