Broad Channel

Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the borough of . It occupies Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in .
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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.

Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The 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 .

Bridge
The is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across in , , between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.

Metro station
The 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.

Neighborhood
Hammels is an area within on the in the borough of . It is located west of and east of , and is centered on Beach 84th Street.

Neighborhood
South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of , , situated directly south of the . 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.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the in the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by to the east and Rockaway Park to the west.

Broad Channel

Latitude
40.6062° or 40° 36′ 22″ north
Longitude
-73.81986° or 73° 49′ 12″ west
Population
2,440
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87G8J54J+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220798925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5110201
Wiki­data ID
Q62484
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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

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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.