Fresh Creek
Fresh Creek is a stream in Brooklyn, New York. Fresh Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Canarsie, as well as near the locality Spring Creek.Places of Interest
Highlights include Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station and Starrett City.
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is the southern terminal station of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fresh Creek.
Starrett City
Residential area
Photo: GK tramrunner229, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Starrett City is a housing development in the Spring Creek section of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, US. It is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Jamaica Bay, bounded by Fresh Creek and Canarsie to the west and Hendrix Creek to the east.
East 105th Street station
Metro station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The East 105th Street station is a grade-level station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in Canarsie, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. East 105th Street station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fresh Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Brooklyn and Gateway National Recreation Area.
East Brooklyn
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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
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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.
Canarsie
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Canarsie is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue, on the north by Linden Boulevard, on the west by Ralph Avenue, on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin, and on the south by Jamaica Bay.
Fresh Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Conarsie River Kill”, “Fresh Creek Basin”, and “Fresh Kill”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.63594° or 40° 38′ 9″ northLongitude
-73.87541° or 73° 52′ 32″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87G8J4PF+9RGeoNames ID
5118000
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