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Gateway National Recreation AreaAutumn in the North 40 Natural Area at Gateway's Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.
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Other Resources

The following NPS and other educator resources include federal, state and local agencies, environmental and historical education organizations and other sources of valuable information and guidance for teachers in the natural sciences and history. Click on the park unit of interest below for details, or call 718-354-4530 for further resources.

Jamaica Bay Unit Teacher Resources

Staten Island Unit Teacher Resources

Sandy Hook Unit Teacher Resources

Jacob Riis  

Did You Know?
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.

Last Updated: March 18, 2009 at 11:12 EST