• Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay.
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    The National Park Service (NPS) is rehabilitating the sanitary sewer system at Floyd Bennett Field. This rehabilitation will ensure a reliable sewer system.
  • 328.5 acres of Floyd Bennett Field were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1980.
  • Floyd Bennett Field was New York City’s first municipal airport. Beginning operations in 1931, it was located in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast...
  • “The wide open spaces are the one most amazing thing about Floyd Bennett Field. People come out here to just stop and take a breath.
  • That airport is Floyd Bennett Field, and it has had three distinct historical phases: origins, military use, and preserved history.
  • CONTACT: NPS Operation Ryan Visitor Center 718-338-5180 office Introduction: Welcome to the Historic Floyd Bennett Field web site.
  • Named after the first person to fly over the North Pole (and Brooklyn resident), Floyd Bennett, the field was New York City’s first local airport.
  • Leading historians agree that Floyd Bennett Field, as Naval Air Station New York, played a critical role in support of our victory in WW2.