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Advocacy for Cargo Community

GatewayJFK acts as the voice of the Off-Airport community. From tackling issues with traffic, to helping our members get permits, to working for major changes in airport redevelopment, we are here to make sure that the needs of our businesses and residents are understood by key decision makers.

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Sanitation

GatewayJFK has a team of workers collecting trash, trimming grass, and cutting down overgrowth on the sidewalks, curb lawns, and medians throughout our neighborhood. If you see an area you’d like us to clean up please make a report on our Quality of Life form. This celebration will honor members of the community in recognition of their work in both the Civic arena and the Air Cargo Industry.

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Security

GatewayJFK provides a security patrol to help keep the neighborhood safe. Our patrol provides extra eyes on the streets to prevent burglaries, illegal dumping, and graffiti. If you’d like to schedule the patrol to visit your home or business please reach out to us.If you're a member of our businesses community please help us by taking this 10 min. survey

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Recent News

On Friday. Oct. 15th, 2021 at 12:00 noon GatewayJFK will be holding its 4th Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for GatewayJFK to report on the previous years activities and for our membership to elect our Board of Directors. Due to Covid-19 and ongoing restrictions related to mass gatherings, this year the meeting will... Monday - October 4, 2021

Between April 5th and July 15th, 2021 the GatewayJFK Connection provided over 10,000 rides for employees and community members traveling to or from the Springfield Gardens neighborhood to Downtown Jamaica. The shuttle runs on weekdays from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM and operates using a mobile phone application built... Sunday - August 15, 2021

On April 5th, the 8,000+ workers in the GatewayJFK area will have a new option to get to and from work. GatewayJFK in partnership with the application Dollaride is set to launch a subsidized shuttle service to help workers commute from the Jamaica transit hub to our bustling cargo, hotel, and commercial job center. The... Wednesday - March 24, 2021

This week GatewayJFK began providing a limited snow removal service to help businesses and residents dig out from the massive snowstorm that hit NYC from February 1st to 3rd and dropped an estimated 17 inches of snow on our community. The snow removal effort is intended to improve the amount of parking in the area... Monday - February 8, 2021

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District-wide Services & Improvements

GatewayJFK is here to make sure that our community is a great place to operate a business, work in, live in, and make investments. We work to make sure our district is vibrant, clean, and safe. We deliver services and improvements above and beyond those typically provided by the City. Our services include:

Street cleaning and maintenance
Security
Marketing and events
Beautification
Workforce and Business development
Effective Advocacy
Improved responses from government agencies

About GatewayJFK

Located within a vibrant and diverse New York City neighborhood, GatewayJFK isn’t just a place — it’s a community.

GatewayJFK is a community where logistics and cargo, hotel, food service, retail, and a residential neighborhood, call home. Our commitment to this community fuels our mission to improve the district by providing technical and professional services, workforce opportunities, supplemental services and improvements. Our future is rooted in effective advocacy and administration for all district members.