Horse Channel
Horse Channel is a channel in Brooklyn, New York. Horse Channel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Broad Channel, as well as near the quarter Rockaway Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruffle Bar and Floyd Bennett Field.
Ruffle Bar
Islet
Ruffle Bar is a 143-acre island located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie. The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies just east of the former Barren Island, where Floyd Bennett Field is now located.
Floyd Bennett Field
Historic site
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay. The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station. Floyd Bennett Field is situated 2 miles west of Horse Channel.
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. Barren Island is situated 2½ miles west of Horse Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Channel and Rockaway Park.
Broad Channel
Neighborhood
Photo: DoomDan515, Public domain.
Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay. Broad Channel is situated 1½ miles east of Horse Channel.
Rockaway Park
Quarter
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is on the Rockaway Peninsula, nestled between Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Rockaway Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Horse Channel.
Belle Harbor
Neighborhood
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor is situated 2 miles south of Horse Channel.
Horse Channel
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.60316° or 40° 36′ 11″ northLongitude
-73.85236° or 73° 51′ 9″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G8J43X+73GeoNames ID
5121299
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