Big Fishkill Channel

Big Fishkill Channel is a channel in Brooklyn, New York. Big Fishkill Channel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Belle Harbor, as well as near Mill Basin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruffle Bar and Floyd Bennett Field.

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.

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.

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 2 miles southwest of Big Fishkill Channel.

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.

Belle Harbor

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor is situated 2 miles southeast of Big Fishkill Channel.

Big Fishkill Channel

Type: Channel
Category: body of water
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60622° or 40° 36′ 22″ north

Longitude

-73.86402° or 73° 51′ 51″ west

Open location code

87G8J44P+F9

GeoNames ID

5109051

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Satellite Map

Discover Big Fishkill Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Neponsit and Mill Basin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sails Point Hassock and Fishkill Hassocks.

Brooklyn: Must-Visit Destinations

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