Jacob Riis Park

Jacob Riis Park is a park in Queens, New York. Jacob Riis Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Neponsit, as well as near Roxbury.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Floyd Bennett Field.

Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

Bridge

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The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in New York City, New York, that crosses Rockaway Inlet. The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, with Flatbush Avenue, in turn providing access to Floyd Bennett Field, Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in Brooklyn.

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 northwest of Jacob Riis Park.

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 2 miles northwest of Jacob Riis Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neponsit and Roxbury.

Neponsit

Neighborhood

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Neponsit is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the New York City borough of Queens.

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.

Belle Harbor

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Jacob Riis Park

Type: Park
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.56788° or 40° 34′ 4″ north

Longitude

-73.87069° or 73° 52′ 15″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87G8H49H+5P

GeoNames ID

5122506

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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