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Gateway National Recreation AreaDune vegetation at Fort Tilden beach.
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Gateway National Recreation Area
Pets

For the protection of park visitors and valuable park resources, National Park Service regulations require that all pets in the park be leashed at all times.

Pets are prohibited on ocean beaches during the Piping Plover nesting season from March 15 through September 15. 

Pets are prohibited on ocean beaches at Sandy Hook from March 15 through Labor Day.  Pets are allowed on the bayside beaches at Horseshoe Cove and Plum Island.

Pets are prohibited at all times from all areas in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 
Cyclists on Floyd Bennett Field.  

Did You Know?
Before they built the first airplane, the Wright Brothers were bicycle manufacturers. Today, the historic runways of Gateway's Floyd Bennett Field are used by cyclists throughout the year.

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Last Updated: September 01, 2009 at 12:02 EST