Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in managed by the National Park Service as part of . It is composed of the open water and intertidal salt marshes and wetlands of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Broad Channel station and Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.

Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the at Noel and West Roads in the borough of .

Bridge
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The is a bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across in , , between Howard Beach and .

Bridge
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The is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across in , , between and the Rockaway Peninsula. is situated 2 miles south of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broad Channel and Gateway National Recreation Area.

Neighborhood
Photo: DoomDan515, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the borough of . It occupies Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in .

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is a national recreation area in . This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central .

Neighborhood
Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the borough of . It is bordered to the north by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park, to the south by in , to the east by 102nd–104th Streets in South Ozone Park, and to the west by 75th Street in East New York, Brooklyn. is situated 2 miles north of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Latitude
40.62346° or 40° 37′ 24″ north
Longitude
-73.82573° or 73° 49′ 33″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
87G8J5FF+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 321158460
Geo­Names ID
5122523
Wiki­data ID
Q6127271
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Satellite Map

Discover Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rulers Bar Hassock and Black Bank Marsh.

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