Gerritsen Creek

Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn, New York City, that empties into Jamaica Bay. The creek has been described as one of the "fingers" that formed the original shoreline of Jamaica Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plumb Beach and Barren Island.

Plumb Beach

Park

Photo: Glenn ocean, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plumb Beach is a beach and surrounding neighborhood along the north shore of Rockaway Inlet, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is located near the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach, just off the Belt Parkway.

Barren Island

Island

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of Long Island.

Aviator Sports and Events Center

Sports venue

Aviator Sports and Events Center is a sports and events center in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City. Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, Aviator has refurbished four historic aircraft hangars and the surrounding grounds in partnership with the NPS.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gerritsen Beach and Roxbury.

Gerritsen Beach

Neighborhood

Gerritsen Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Sheepshead Bay to the west and Marine Park to the east. The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15.

Roxbury

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Roxbury is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens originally settled by Irish immigrants in the early 20th century. Roxbury is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gerritsen Creek.

Mill Basin

Neighborhood

Mill Basin is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is on a peninsula abutting Jamaica Bay and is bordered by Avenue U on the northwest and the Mill Basin/Mill Island Inlet on its remaining sides. Mill Basin is situated 2 miles north of Gerritsen Creek.

Gerritsen Creek

Type: Stream
Description: river in the United States of America
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.58344° or 40° 35′ 0″ north

Longitude

-73.9093° or 73° 54′ 34″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87G8H3MR+97

GeoNames ID

5118464

Wikidata ID

Q18151562

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Gerritsen Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Gerritsen Creek”
Cebuano: “Gerritsen Creek”
Estonian: “Gerritsen Creek”
Venetian: “Gerritsen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Plumb Beach and Shellbank Creek.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Point Breeze and Gerritsen Inlet.

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