Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in New York City managed by the National Park Service as part of Gateway National Recreation Area. It is composed of the open water and intertidal salt marshes and wetlands of Jamaica Bay.
- Protected area
- …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
- Description: Wildlife refuge in New York City
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broad Channel station and Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.
Broad Channel station
Metro station
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The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND…
Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is a bridge that…
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll… Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Channel and Gateway National Recreation Area.
Broad Channel
Neighborhood
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Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens.
Gateway National Recreation Area
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Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York.
Hamilton Beach
Neighborhood
Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Hamilton Beach is situated 2 miles north of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
- Category: wildlife refuge
- Location
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Latitude
40.62346° or 40° 37′ 24″ north
Longitude
-73.82573° or 73° 49′ 33″ west
Open location code
87G8J5FF+9P
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
- Chinese: “牙買加灣野生動物保護區”
- Dutch: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
- Hebrew: “מקלט חיות הבר של מפרץ ג’מייקה”
- Indonesian: “Jamaica bay wildlife refuge”
- Indonesian: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
- Italian: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
- Italian: “Rifugio faunistico Jamaica Bay”
- Romanian: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
- Spanish: “Refugio de vida silvestre Jamaica Bay”
- Swedish: “Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge”
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