Floyd Bennett Field: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Gateway National Recreation Area
Nowak L. 2025. Floyd Bennett Field: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Gateway National Recreation Area. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 650084. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
Floyd Bennett Field, part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, located southeast of Brooklyn, New York, is a 1,450-acre former municipal airport and Naval Air Station on an island in Jamaica Bay. Floyd Bennett Field is surrounded by water on three sides and is connected to Brooklyn and the Rockaway peninsula by bridges. The site is now used largely for recreational purposes, such as for community gardening, model airplane flying, and sporting activities, and by several on-site partners such as the New York City Police Department, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and as an Armed Forces Reserve Center. The site is characterized by features dating to the municipal and Naval Air Station eras including runways, airplane hangars, and World War II-era service buildings, as well as by newer recreation-related features dating to the NPS period such as a modern sports facility, picnic and campground areas, and community gardens.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Nowak, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GATE , NER
- Keywords
- Air Travel, Airplane Hangars, Airplanes, Air-Related, Barren Island, Campground, defense, Douglas Corrigan, historic site, Home Front, Howard Hughes, Military, Municipal Airport, Naval Air Station Runway, Naval Facility, New York, Picnic, Recreation, Sports Facility, Transportation, Wiley Post, Works Progress Administration, World War II