Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast in , along the shore of . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: defunct airport in Brooklyn, New York City
  • Also known as: “Floyd Bennett Airfield”, “Floyd Bennett Airport”, “フロイド・ベネット飛行場”, “弗洛伊德·貝內特機場”, and “弗洛依德班尼特機場”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Barren Island and Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.

Island
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is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of in .

Bridge
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The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxbury and Neponsit.

Neighborhood
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is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula…

Neighborhood
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is a small affluent neighborhood located…

Neighborhood
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is a small residential neighborhood… is situated 2 miles east of Floyd Bennett Field.

Floyd Bennett Field

Latitude
40.58455° or 40° 35′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.88402° or 73° 53′ 3″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87G8H4M8+R9
Geo­Names ID
5117465
Wiki­data ID
Q1430350
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Floyd Bennett Field” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار فلويد بينيت”
  • Cebuano: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Chinese: “弗洛伊德·班尼特機場”
  • Chinese: “弗洛伊德貝涅特機場”
  • Chinese: “弗洛伊德贝涅特机场”
  • Chinese: “弗洛依德班尼特机场”
  • Dutch: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • French: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • German: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה פלויד בנט”
  • Italian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Japanese: “フロイド・ベネット・フィールド”
  • Lithuanian: “Floido Beneto Fyldo oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Norwegian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
  • Spanish: “Aeródromo Floyd Bennett”
  • Urdu: “فلوئڈ بینٹ فیلڈ”

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