Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field is a retired Brooklyn naval air station, now largely operated by the National Park Service, including a runway used by model-airplane hobbyists.

UAP/Drone Relevance

Site of a June 29, 2026 near-miss: a Bell 407 helicopter pilot flying from JFK to Manhattan reported nearly colliding with a large remote-control model airplane at ~500 ft. The FAA said this incident is unrelated to the same-day jetblue-airways JFK drone-strike report. See src-jfk-jetblue-drone-2026-06.