Little Bay

Little Bay is a bay in Queens, New York. Little Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Beechhurst, as well as near Silver Beach.

Type: Bay
Description: bay of Long Island Sound in Queens, New York, United States
Address: NY

Places of Interest

Highlights include Throgs Neck Bridge and State University of New York Maritime College.

Throgs Neck Bridge

Bridge

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The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound.

State University of New York Maritime College

University

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The State University of New York Maritime College is a public maritime college in the Bronx, New York City. It is part of the State University of New York system.

The Willets Point Farmhouse is a double farmhouse at Fort Totten within Bay Terrace in Queens, New York City. It was built in 1829 in the Greek Revival style for Charles Willets, who had recently acquired the land surrounding the house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beechhurst and Silver Beach.

Beechhurst

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Beechhurst is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is northeast of Whitestone, bordered by the East River to the north, the Cross Island Parkway to the south, and the approaches to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges to the east and west, respectively.

Silver Beach

Neighborhood

Throggs Neck is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek on the west, and Baisley Avenue and the Bruckner Expressway on the north.

Whitestone

Neighborhood

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Whitestone is a residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood proper is located between the East River to the north; College Point and Whitestone Expressway to the west; Flushing and 25th Avenue to the south; and Bayside and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east.

Little Bay

Category: body of water
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.79316° or 40° 47′ 35″ north

Longitude

-73.78763° or 73° 47′ 16″ west

Open location code

87G8Q6V6+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369038572

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

5124558

Wikidata ID

Q49383081

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Little Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Little Bay”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Locust Point and Bayside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Bay Park and 638.

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