Chapel Hill Channel
Chapel Hill Channel is a canal in Staten Island, New York. Chapel Hill Channel is situated nearby to the neighborhood South Beach, as well as near Sea Gate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swinburne Island and Hoffman Island.
Swinburne Island
Islet
Photo: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), CC BY 2.5.
Swinburne Island is a 4-acre artificial island in Lower New York Bay, east of Staten Island in New York City. It was used for quarantine of immigrants. Swinburne Island is the smaller of two nearby islands, the other being Hoffman Island to the north.
Hoffman Island
Islet
Hoffman Island is an 11-acre artificial island in the Lower New York Bay, off the South Beach of Staten Island, New York City. A smaller, 4-acre artificial island, Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south.
West Bank Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
West Bank Light, officially West Bank Front Range Light, is a lighthouse in Lower New York Bay, within New York City, and acts as the front range light for the Ambrose Channel. West Bank Light is situated 1½ miles south of Chapel Hill Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Beach and Sea Gate.
South Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
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. South Beach is situated 2½ miles northwest of Chapel Hill Channel.
Sea Gate
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sea Gate is a private gated community at the far western end of Coney Island at the southwestern tip of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Located on the portion of the Coney Island peninsula west of West 37th Street, it contains mostly single-family homes, some directly on Gravesend Bay. Sea Gate is situated 2½ miles northeast of Chapel Hill Channel.
Midland Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Shannon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Midland Beach is a neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. It lies along the east-central coast of the island, in the area known locally as the "Mid-Island, Staten Island" or the "East Shore". Midland Beach is situated 2½ miles west of Chapel Hill Channel.
Chapel Hill Channel
- Type: Canal
- Also known as: “Chapel Hill”, “Chapel Hill Cut”, “Main Ship Channel”, and “Ship Channel”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.56122° or 40° 33′ 40″ northLongitude
-74.04681° or 74° 2′ 49″ westOpen location code
87G7HX63+F7GeoNames ID
5112233
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