The first municipal airport in the city (developed to lure business away from Newark) was Floyd Bennett Field, now an historic, recreational, and sporting area and part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, in turn part of the National Park System (NPS). The New York City Police Department leases facilities for their helicopter operations from the NPS there.
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Famous quotes containing the words bennett and/or field:
“There was a young man of Montrose
Who had pockets in none of his clothes.”
—Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
“The head must bow, and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few more days, and the trouble all will end,
In the field where the sugar-canes grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,—
No matter, ‘t will never be light;
A few more days till we totter on the road:—
Then my old Kentucky home, good-night!”
—Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)