Gateway National Recreation Area
Christy C.
Reviewed Jun. 10, 2017

"Camping" in Brooklyn

We tried this campground without knowing what was safe and where to stay for visit New York City. It is located in Brooklyn and is little removed from everything. The sites are at Floyd Bennett Field which is an old airfield. The atmosphere here is eerily cool at the same time. You basically park and camp on the asphalt by the old hangars. No hookups at all but they do have a camp store and bath house. If you are tent camping, there are some grassy sites.

The campground is located right on Jamaica Bay so there were people fishing all the time from the seawall. At night, you could hear cars doing burnouts right next to us. To get to all the action in the city, we had to take a bus and then the subway. The travel was a headache but better than trying to drive in to New York City in our RV. One way to improve here would be to have some security at night as well as access to clean water and dump station. They remained locked most of the time for some reason.

The best part of this place was the free tour of Hangar B by some guys doing restoration of old planes (HARP). They had some great stories and gave us history of the planes on display.

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  • Review photo of Gateway National Recreation Area by Christy C., June 10, 2017
  • Review photo of Gateway National Recreation Area by Christy C., June 10, 2017
  • HARP demo in Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field
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  • Review photo of Gateway National Recreation Area by Christy C., June 10, 2017
  • Review photo of Gateway National Recreation Area by Christy C., June 10, 2017