Gateway National Recreation Area News

The debate over the controversial leasing agreement between the National Park Service and a private developer for the restoration of 36 aging buildings at Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook, has mostly been about the developer's ability to finance the multimillion dollar project, and to show the government and the public the source of that funding; and the ...

Parks and Open Spaces refers to those areas set aside by the city, state, or federal government for public access and protection of natural resources.

The Gateway National Recreation Area received funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first phase of the multiyear project, which will identify any contaminated spots besides those already recorded.

The Van Alen Institute plans to announce today that its executive director, Adi Shamir, is stepping down.

Although there will be three sandy Water Taxi beaches in New York City this summer, none will actually offer access to the water.

According to witnesses it washed up around 10 a.m. and was still alive. National Park Service rangers were immediately dispatched to the scene, but upon arrival they discovered that the whale had expired.

On a beautiful day to travel, I was treated to a great view of The Gateway National Recreation Area and Broad Channel and Floyd Bennet Field and the Southern Beaches of Long Island.

The redeveloper of 36 dilapidated buildings on Fort Hancock submitted documents on Tuesday that he says show the project's first phase has financing.

U.S. Representative Frank Pallone Jr. said his recent attempt to obtain federal stimulus money for restoration of some of the aging structures at historic Fort Hancock could be thwarted by the commercial lease agreement between the National Park Service and Sandy Hook Developers that the Congressman has long criticized.

A congressman from New Jersey wants the National Park Service to dedicate some of its economic stimulus funds to restoring Fort Hancock at Gateway National Recreation Area.

Parks and Open Spaces refers to those areas set aside by the city, state, or federal government for public access and protection of natural resources.

After reviewing Department of Interior Inspector General Earl E. Devaney's letter of Nov.

Three generations of a township family recently joined forces with the American Littoral Society and became newly-dedicated volunteers in an effort to restore coastal habitat at Sandy Hook by removing a ...

Starting on Feb. 1, the National Park Service is scheduled to begin a $4.8 million restoration that will restore Floyd Bennett Field's Ryan Visitor Center to the way it looked in 1939, when it served as the ...

In this May 18, 2001, file photo Ryan King and Erin Partin of Columbus, Ohio, walk on the beach at the Gateway National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook, N.J. President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 ...

Rescuers were able to get two stranded dolphins back into open water, but a third died after washing up near Gunnison Beach on Monday, officials said.

Parks and Open Spaces refers to those areas set aside by the city, state, or federal government for public access and protection of natural resources.

A Queens park was singled out in a senate report on wasteful federal spending released last week.

The Atlantic Highlands Community Events Committee is bringing back the Christmas Tree Sale! Sale begins Saturday November 29 and will continue until December 21st.

A Lansford priest resigned his pastorate after pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge resulting from a summer incident at a New Jersey nude beach.