Miller FieldA recreational area and former Army Air Corps base on Staten Island
THINGS TO DO
Ranger led nature walks and hikes. Miller Field -- part of Gateway National Recreation Area -- was once the site of a farm owned by the Vanderbilt family who later sold the property to the U.S. government in 1919 for use as an Army Air Corps base. The field was named for Captain Ely Miller who was the first American aviator killed in combat in France during World War I. In 1929 Admiral Richard Bird used Miller Field to test his new plane and make final preparations before his historic flight over the South Pole. |
 visitor informationGateway Nat'l Recreation Area directionsBUS: Take the S76 from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal to New Dorp Lane and walk to the entrance to Miller Field. TRAIN AND BUS: Pick up the Staten Island Railroad at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Ride to new Dorp Station, then take the S76 bus to Miller Field. CAR: From the Verrrazano Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn, or the Goethals Bridge from New Jersey, to the Staten Island Expressway (Rt. 278); take the Hylan Boulevard exit. Proceed south on Hylan Boulevard and turn east on New Dorp Lane for Miller Field. |