Camp Gateway- Brooklyn Ny in NY -- Campground & RV Camping

Located within Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, Camp Gateway offers seasonal tent and RV camping in a woodland section of Gateway National Recreation Area. Facilities include a dump station and access to public city bus routes that connect directly to the New York City subway system. The surrounding grounds feature paved paths for biking and hiking, historic military sites, Civil War-era forts, and aircraft hangars. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge sits nearby, providing opportunities for birding, kayaking, and coastal wildlife viewing.

Getting there: Public Transportation: Take the Q35 bus to the Flatbush Avenue/Ryan Visitor Center stop. Enter the park through the pedestrian gate and walk around the right side of the Visitor Center. Keep walking east for approximately 1 mile to the camp grounds. Passenger vehicles: Take the Belt Parkway to exit 11S, Flatbush Avenue South. Proceed approximately one mile south to the main entrance of Floyd Bennett Field on the left (the last traffic light before the Gil Hodges Memorial Toll Bridge.) Make a LEFT turn at the light. Follow directions below. RV Campers/Commerical vehicles: From Eastern Long Island (North Shore): Take I-495 West (Long Island Expressway) to I-278 West (Brooklyn Queens Expressway). Exit at Tillary Street (Exit 29). Make left at second traffic light onto Flatbush Avenue South. Stay on Flatbush Avenue approximately 10 miles until just before the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. Make a left turn at the last traffic light before the bridge to enter Floyd Bennett Field. After turning into Floyd Bennett Field make the first left turn and then the next right turn. Campground check-in is 1 mile ahead on the right. From Central New Jersey: Take I-95 to Exit 13 (Goethels Bridge - toll). Cross bridge to I-278 East (Brooklyn Queens Expressway). Exit at Atlantic Avenuue (Exit 27). Stay right onto Atlantic Avenue. Take Atlantic Avenue to Flatbush Avenue. Make a right onto Flatbush Avenue southbound. Stay on Flatbush Avenue approximately 10 miles until just before the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. Make left at last traffic light before bridge to enter Floyd Bennett Field. After turning into Floyd Bennett Field make the first left turn and then the next right turn. Campground check-in is 1 mile ahead on the right.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 54-site campground with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 7, a suburban sky.
• The coast lies 0.2 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 16 hike-in sites and 42 on the water.

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