It’s that time of year at Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook… Atlantic horseshoe crabs are coming! These sandy beaches are important horseshoe crab spawning sites – nearly 3,000 converge at Plumb Beach along between late and mid-June to lay eggs. Check out this video Learn more about them and their ancient mating ritual.
Historic Fort Hancock, located at Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit, once protected New York Harbor from America's enemies. Now the fort is under attack by the forces of time and the weather.
Are You Afraid of the Park is a series of park related ghost stories read by rangers. This audio was inspired by the 2020 National Write Out Campaign: "Stories Around the Campfire".