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Gateway National Recreation Area76th Coast Artillery Baseball team pose in front of Fort Hancock barracks c. 1905
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Gateway National Recreation Area
Operating Hours & Seasons

Gateway National Recreation Area is open year round from sunrise to sunset. 

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Jacob Riis  

Did You Know?
Journalist Jacob Riis was called "New York's most useful citizen," by Theodore Roosevelt. As police commissioner, Roosevelt often accompanied Riis in raids exposing the hardship of life for New York City's poor and immigrant populations.

Last Updated: August 31, 2006 at 11:04 EST