Sandy Hook Wants to Raise Parking Fees for Summer 2017

Sandy Hook - Gateway National Recreation Area is proposing to increase camping and parking fees for next summer at both Sandy Hook and Riis Beach (in the Rockaways). If approved, these new fees would take effect in summer 2017.

Proposed 2017 Fees at Sandy Hook:

$20 per day

$100 per season

$50 per oversize car per day

$200 per oversize car per season

It is currently $15 per day and $75 per season to park at Sandy Hook. For over-sized vehicles it is $30 per day and $150 per season. Fees are collected between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fees are only collected for beach parking lots, not for visitors to Fort Hancock or the Sandy Hook lighthouse. Sandy Hook charges per vehicle, not per person, and that would not change in 2017. Visitors with Senior or Access Passes would be charged half price for parking, as they are currently.

Give your feedback

Gateaway National Recreation Area, which is run by the National Park Service, is requesting public feedback on the proposed fee increase. Feedback is open Friday, July 29 through Monday, September 5. Feedback will be accepted via email at Gateway_Fee_Increase@nps.gov, or at the following address:

Office of the Superintendent
Gateway National Recreation Area
ATTN: Proposed parking fee increase
210 New York Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10305

According to federal law, 80% of the revenue collected from parking and all other fees at Gateway remains in the park.

"The money from the parking fees will help improve our visitor facilities and services," said Gateway Superintendent Jen Nersesian. Some of the improvements at the park she cited include rehabilitated campgrounds, expanding the docking facility at Sandy Hook; path paving; rehabilitating the Sandy Hook lighthouse and adding a webcam at the lighthouse.

Proposed 2017 Fees at Jacob Riis:

$15 per day

$75 per season

$30 per oversize car per day

$150 per oversize car per season