Gates is the plural of

gate A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include '' yett and port''. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wal ...

, a point of entry to a space which is enclosed by walls. It may also refer to:

People

* Gates (surname), various people with the last name * Gates Brown (1939-2013), American Major League Baseball player * Gates McFadden (born 1949), American actress and choreographer * Gates P. Thruston (1835-1912), American Civil War veteran, lawyer and businessman * Josephine Gates Kelly (1888-1976), Native American activist

Places

Canada

* Gates, British Columbia, Canada, a rural community ** Gates River, a river in British Columbia ** Gates Valley, a valley in British Columbia ** Gates Lake, at the head of the Gates River

United States

* Gates, Nebraska, an unincorporated community *

Gates, New York Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after General Horatio Gates. The population was 28,400 at the 2010 census. Gates and North Gates are census-designated places located within the town's boundaries. Hist ...

, a town ** Gates (CDP), New York, census-designated place * Gates, Oregon, a city * Gates, Tennessee, a town *

Gates County, North Carolina Gates County is a small, rural county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,478. Its county seat is Gatesville. Gates County is inclu ...

, United States ** Gates, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in the county * Gates Pass, Arizona, a mountain pass

Art and entertainment

* Gates (character), a fictional character, an insectoid member of the Legion of Super-Heroes * Gates (band), a post rock band from New Jersey * ''Gates'' (TV series), a 2012 UK situation comedy TV series * ''The Gates'' (TV series), a 2010 American supernatural crime drama television series on ABC * ''

The Gates ''The Gates'' were a group of gates comprising a site-specific work of art by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along of p ...

'', an art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park in New York City

Other uses

* Gates Airport (disambiguation) * Gates Bar-B-Q, a restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri *

Gates Corporation Gates Industrial Corporation plc, based in Denver, Colorado, is a manufacturer of power transmission belts and fluid power products, which are used in diverse industrial and automotive applications. The company employs over 14,000 and has sales ...