Canarsie Pol
Canarsie Pol is an uninhabited island south of Canarsie, Brooklyn in Jamaica Bay, New York City. It is part of Gateway National Recreation Area. Canarsie Pol is an irregular oval of about 300 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Floyd Bennett Field and Ruffle Bar.
Floyd Bennett Field
Historic site
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay. The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station. Floyd Bennett Field is situated 2 miles southwest of Canarsie Pol.
Ruffle Bar
Islet
Ruffle Bar is a 143-acre island located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie. The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies just east of the former Barren Island, where Floyd Bennett Field is now located. Ruffle Bar is situated 1½ miles southeast of Canarsie Pol.
Barren Island
Island
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of Long Island. Barren Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Canarsie Pol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Brooklyn and Gateway National Recreation Area.
East Brooklyn
Photo: Multiplicitous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Brooklyn encompasses Cypress Hills, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Barren Island.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York. This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central New Jersey.
Bergen Beach
Neighborhood
Bergen Beach is a residential neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It is located on a peninsula abutting Jamaica Bay in the southeastern portion of the borough, and is bordered by Mill Basin and the neighborhood of the same name to the… Bergen Beach is situated 2 miles west of Canarsie Pol.
Canarsie Pol
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Canarsie Pol” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Canarsie Pol”
- Japanese: “カナーシー・ポル”
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