Broad Channel
Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 2,440 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Queens, New York City, United States
- Also known as: “Broad Channel, Queens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broad Channel station and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Broad Channel station
Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
Beach 90th Street station
Metro station
Photo: Shapiros10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beach 90th Street station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hammel and Ocean Breeze.
Hammel
Neighborhood
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hammels is an area within Rockaway Beach on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located west of Arverne and east of Seaside, and is centered on Beach 84th Street.
Ocean Breeze
Neighborhood
South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, situated directly south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. South Beach is bounded by New York Bay on the southeast, Seaview Avenue on the southwest, Laconia Avenue on the northwest, Reid and McClean Avenues on the north, and Lily Pond Avenue on the northeast.
Rockaway Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Urielevy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west.
Broad Channel
- Categories: neighborhood in Queens and locality
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.6062° or 40° 36′ 22″ northLongitude
-73.81986° or 73° 49′ 12″ westPopulation
2,440Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G8J54J+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 220798925OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5110201Wikidata ID
Q62484
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Broad Channel” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Broad Channel”
- Cebuano: “Broad Channel”
- Chinese: “寬水道”
- Dutch: “Broad Channel”
- Esperanto: “Larĝa Kanalo”
- French: “Broad Channel”
- Hebrew: “ברוד צ’אנל”
- Japanese: “ブロード・チャンネル”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Broad Channel”
- Turkish: “Broad Channel”
- Urdu: “بروڈ چینل”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Somerville and Palmer’s Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gene Gray Playground and Saint Virgilius Roman Catholic Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Broad Channel”. Photo: DoomDan515, Public domain.