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.Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broad Channel station and Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.
Broad Channel station
Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The Broad Channel station is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens.
Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Howard Beach and Broad Channel.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula. 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
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.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Hamilton Beach
Neighborhood
Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered to the north by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park, to the south by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel, to the east by 102nd–104th Streets in South Ozone Park, and to the west by 75th Street in East New York, Brooklyn. Hamilton Beach is situated 2 miles north of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Protected area
- Description: Wildlife refuge in New York City
- Category: wildlife refuge
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.62346° or 40° 37′ 24″ northLongitude
-73.82573° or 73° 49′ 33″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87G8J5FF+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 321158460GeoNames ID
5122523Wikidata ID
Q6127271
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Satellite Map
Discover Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rulers Bar Hassock and Black Bank Marsh.
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