It is anchored by several major stores, including Target, The Home Depot, Best Buy, and BJ's Wholesale Club.

[16][17] Both main structures are designed in Georgian architectural style, with brick outer facades and green trim.

[3] Spring Creek Educational Campus, which houses two New York City high schools, is also located north at Flatlands Avenue and Elton Street.

[21] Gateway Center South currently neighbors the new housing development The Fountain Seaview from Progressive Management, who opened its residency to tenants and currently filled vacancy of retail vendors on the corner of Erskine Street and Gateway Drive since 2022.

The Erskine Shops on the street level (opposite Home Depot) features an outlet of restaurants and free parking.

[6][11][24][25][26] The former landfill became known as the Vandalia Dunes due to its sandy landscape, and became a habitat for the Henslow's sparrow and other bird species.

[3][9][11] During the building of the mall, a new exit interchange for the Belt Parkway was constructed at the south end of Erskine Street at a cost of $25 million.

[1][9] As part of the project, Related Companies also constructed an addition to Spring Creek Park circumscribing the mall, opening on May 2, 2003.

[33] Following the mall's opening, several bus routes were extended to serve the area: the B13 in April 2003,[22] the B83 in September 2007,[22] and the Q8 in June 2008.

In March 2009, the New York City Council rezoned 21 acres (8.5 ha) land to be allocated for the project.

[6][12][13][19][31][35] In 2010, it was reported that Walmart would be seeking to establish its first New York City location at Gateway, after years of local opposition.