In order to preserve and protect for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations an area possessing outstanding natural and recreational features, the Gateway National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as the recreation area) is hereby established.
(a) Composition and boundaries The recreation area shall comprise the following lands, waters, marshes, and submerged lands in the New York Harbor area generally depicted on the map entitled Boundary Map, Gateway National Recreation Area, numbered 95140017 sheets 1 through 3 and dated May, 1972:
(1) Jamaica Bay Unitincluding all islands, marshes, hassocks, submerged lands, and waters in Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett Field, the lands generally located between highway route 27A and Jamaica Bay, and the area of Jamaica Bay up to the shoreline of John F. Kennedy International Airport;
(2) Breezy Point Unitthe entire area between the eastern boundary of Jacob Riis Park and the westernmost point of the peninsula;
(3) Sandy Hook Unitthe entire area between Highway 36 Bridge and the northernmost point of the peninsula;
(4) Staten Island Unitincluding Great Kills Park, World War Veterans Park at Miller Field (except for approximately 26 acres which are to be made available for
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school purposes), Fort Wadsworth, and the waterfront lands located between the streets designated as Cedar Grove Avenue, Seaside Boulevard, and Drury Avenue and the bay from Great Kills to Fort Wadsworth;
(5) Hoffman and Swinburne Islands; and
(6) All submerged lands, islands, and waters within one-fourth of a mile of the mean low water line of any waterfront area included above.
