PSEG Announces Environmental Education Grant Winners Nov 12, 2008
They will visit a saltwater marsh in Gateway National Recreation area. The older students will talk with the younger ones about the impact of pollution on shoreline marshes and what can be done to protect them. (PR Newswire)
Goats Slip Past Security Fence Near NYC Bridge Aug 6, 2008
The goats were spotted by a human bridge guard, rounded up and put back in their pen at Fort Wadsworth, which is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area managed by the park service. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. (CBS News -- Evening News)
killed by lightning Jul 29, 2008
A noon lightning strike at Sandy Hook killed a 38-year-old Elizabeth man at the Gateway National Recreation Area, authorities said. The victim, whose identity was not released, was found dead by National Park Service officials on the southern end of the six-mile-long peninsula, spokesman Brian Feeney said. (NJ.com -- News)
Lightning strikes kill 1, injure 4 in N.J. Jul 28, 2008
In the first incident, a 38-year-old Elizabeth man was killed when he was struck by lightning around noon while he was on a beach with two other people at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, authorities said. The two other victims identified only as a man and a woman in their 30s were taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. (NJ.com -- News)
Follow a water trail to vacation fun Jul 24, 2008
The scenery from water level isn't all skyscrapers; Jamaica Bay on Long Island is part of the Gateway National Recreation area -- -- and includes beaches and a wildlife refuge. Looking for something more ambitious and closer to nature. (CNN -- Travel)
Commuters Want More Ferry Trips Jul 13, 2008
Included in the additional service are five eco-cruises around the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, which is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and a great attraction for families and tourists. The same service that can bring commuters into the city can bring people out to go to vacation areas, New York Water Taxi CEO Tom Fox told reporters last week. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Visitors Go Online to Help Protect National Parks Jul 5, 2008
As an urban park with high annual visitation, Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and New Jersey is able to reach large audiences with its climate-friendly message. Education is key at Gateway, as the park has embraced programs that encourage recycling and sustainability. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
National park in NYC is boat graveyard Jun 23, 2008
It's a nautical junkyard, one more worry for ecologists in an area of the Gateway National Recreation Area where delicate marshes already are imperiled by rising water ... The 25,000-acre bay, flanked by John F. Kennedy International Airport and blocked from the ocean by the Rockaway Peninsula, is a key part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Read Indepth Article Jun 21, 2008
ARTSPLASH 2008 is presented in partnership with the National Park Service / Gateway National Recreation Area. Artsplash 2008. (AbsoluteArts.com)
‘Operation Clean Bay’ Aims To End Vessel Abandonment May 30, 2008
Operation Clean Bay Aims To End Vessel Abandonment by Lee Landor, Assistant Editor05/29/2008. The National Park Service has teamed up with a number of agencies to form a task force and launch “Operation Clean Bay. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Locals Aim To Save Neglected Park May 23, 2008
It is a national preserve that sits within the 6,000-acre Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, a 26,000-acre, three-unit national park operated by the National Park Service ... According to Feeney, Gateway National Recreation Area has a $22 million annual budget that covers the entire 26,000-acre park, which spreads across three boroughs and coastal New Jersey. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Two Dead Men Found In Trunk Of Burning Car Mar 21, 2008
It wasn t unusual in those years to find bodies in the dense shrubbery surrounding the refuge, which is part of the Gateway National Recreation area, Riepe said. He himself had found at least six corpses, most of whom he believes were the victims of organized crime or drug-related murders. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Broad Channel Breaks The City Mold Feb 15, 2008
The community, which sits on marshland in the Gateway National Recreation Area, was once a summer colony, visited mostly by fisherman and those longing to escape the city heat. They built bungalows and small shacks on the mile-long island, which was also surrounded by hotels in the late 1880s, according to Dan Guarino and his wife, Liz, who are waiting for spring, when their photo essay book about Broad Channel will be published. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Volunteers Want Help Cleaning Littered Lots Feb 8, 2008
Friday February 08, 2008. (Nicholas Biondo) Volunteer Ina Brennan holds a candle left on the beach with other litter, including religious ritual items (inset), trash and debris. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Dems Tie Up Fiscal 2008 Appropriations Bill in Pork Nov 12, 2007
8 million for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area sought by Rep ... 8 million for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area sought by Rep. (Townhall.com)
Of Queens, by Queens, for Queens Sep 28, 2007
Rockaway Artists Alliance - Studio 6 Gallery, Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Rockaway. When: Through Oct. 7, Hours: Saturday, 12 noon to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. (Bayside Times, NY)
‘BioBlitz’ Participants Storm Jamaica Bay Sep 14, 2007
Friday September 14, 2007. BioBlitz Participants Storm Jamaica Bay by Lucy Torres, Chronicle Contributor09/13/2007. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
(Lucy Torres) Participants in the first annual Jamaica Bay BioBlitz head out in search of species to catalogue behind the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel."> Sep 14, 2007
Queens Chronicle - ‘BioBlitz’ Participants Storm Jamaica Bay. Friday September 14, 2007. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
New Analysis Gives Marshes Five Years Aug 10, 2007
Friday August 10, 2007. (Joseph Wendelken) Dan Mundy, a Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan Advisory Committee member, stands in front of Jamaica Bay. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Carbon Monoxide Poisons 9 On Boat Near Brooklyn Aug 5, 2007
A distress call alerted FDNY marine unit officers who found the boat on the Brooklyn side of Gateway National Recreation Area. A total of nine people were rescued. (CBS New York, NY)
Nine rescued in Jamaica Bay Aug 5, 2007
The group was headed toward Mill Creek Basin in Gateway National Recreation Area aboard the 'Lady V,' a 35-foot Carver cabin cruiser based in Staten Island, shortly after 3 p.m. when several on board were "overcome," fire officials said. An emergency radio call alerted Glenn Johnson, 37, and McCarrick, firefighters from an FDNY marine unit who located the boat on the Brooklyn side of Gateway, near the Marine Parkway Bridge. (Newsday -- New York City)
Beach is the bait at Sandy Hook, N.J. Jul 29, 2007
It is now part of Gateway National Recreation Area and has five large life-guarded beaches (one is "clothing optional"), hiking, biking, nature trails, surf fishing, wind surfing and historic sites including the oldest lighthouse in America still in use, dating from 1764 ... It is part of the mission of the 26,000-acre Gateway National Recreation Area (which includes Brooklyn's Jamaica Bay and a section of Staten Island) to protect them. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
GET OUT OF TOWN! May 29, 2007
This comfortable and quite friendly B&B is steps from the entrance to Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area - and Gunnison Beach, the most popular clothing optional strip of sand in these parts. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Jacob Riis Park Turns 75 May 25, 2007
s Jacob Riis Park, Gateway National Recreation Area has planned several Memorial Day weekend events. At a beach campfire on Friday, National Park Rangers and volunteers will talk about Jacob Riis Park at 75, all in a beautiful beach setting. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Hoffman and Swinburne Bird Isles May 24, 2007
Today the islands are part of Gateway National Recreation Area. Hundreds of water birds have found sanctuary on the islands and many nest there. (Suite101.com)
Rockaway artists go big, go outside in latest show May 18, 2007
Where: Rockaway Artists Alliance, Studios 6 and 7, Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) at Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Rockaway. When: Through May 20. (Queens Village Times, NY)
Gateway’s Challenges Highlighted In Report May 18, 2007
(Joseph Wendelken) The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center was one of few elements of the Gateway National Recreation Area that an advocacy group commended. "> (Joseph Wendelken) The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center was one of few elements of the Gateway National Recreation Area that an advocacy group commended. Gateway National Recreation Area received the lowest score of any national park in a study released last week because of chronic underfunding and the fallout from... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
(Michael O’Kane)"> May 11, 2007
Queens Chronicle - 10 Acres Torched By 3-Alarm Brush Fire. 10 Acres Torched By 3-Alarm Brush Fire , Assistant Editor05/10/2007. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Group ranks Gateway park worst in nation May 10, 2007
Gateway National Recreation Area, which stretches from Jamaica Bay to Sandy Hook in New Jersey, got the lowest marks for natural resources of 28 parks surveyed by the National Parks Conservation Association. It scored just 53 out of 100 for poor water and marshland conditions and 46 out of 100 for cultural resources in the non-profit group's State of the Parks report released Wednesday. (Newsday -- New York City)
New Designs In Sight For Gateway’s Future May 4, 2007
New Designs In Sight For Gateway s Future , Assistant Editor05/03/2007 Next week, 14 jurors will begin considering the 229 proposals that students, environmentalists, urban designers and architects have spent the last four months making for Gateway National Recreation Area s future. The designers will submit their plans to the organizers of Envisioning Gateway, a competition that allows its winners to work with Gateway s stewards to steer the 26,607-acre national park. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Inaugural Rockaway fest to bring writers, publishers Apr 20, 2007
Where: Studios 6 and 7, Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) at Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Rockaway. When: April 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. (Astoria Times, NY)
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Queens Chronicle - CONGRESSMAN TOURS RUN-DOWN CHARLES PARK. Friday April 20, 2007. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Charles Park Field Worries Loom As Seasons Mar 16, 2007
Other, larger truck tracks running through the infields were left behind by Gateway National Recreation Area garbage trucks, parents say ... Drawing comparisons to the first-class diamonds at Liberty Field, a city-maintained park at the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue, many parents and park advocates ask why the National Park Service, which operates Charles Park as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, refuses to maintain its property ... Although a representative from... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Greenway Group Seeks Support For Bike Path Feb 9, 2007
We believe it could be easily transformed into a lush linear public park that would link several Queens communities with Forest Park and the recreational spaces of Jamaica Bay, including Gateway National Recreation Area and the Shore Parkway bike path, Ivan Mrakovcic, chairman of Community Board 9 and Greenway Committee member, told Community Board 10 members. The city maintains an extensive network of greenways and recommended bike paths, however a north south stretch in Central Queens is... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Bike Path Proposal Gets Cool Reception From Board Jan 20, 2007
Saturday January 20, 2007. (Cesar Mieses) A proposal to convert the abandoned track of the Rockaway Beach Branch right of way, has drawn fire from some residents worried about quality of life issues. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Test Held Locally For U.S. Lifeguard Jobs Jan 5, 2007
All three are units of Gateway National Recreation Area. Lifeguards with the National Park Service work five 8 hour days each week. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
