Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in New York
- Also known as: “Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Floyd Bennett Field and Barren Island.
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 1½ miles north of Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
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.
Aviator Sports and Events Center
Sports venue
Aviator Sports and Events Center is a sports and events center in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City. Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, Aviator has refurbished four historic aircraft hangars and the surrounding grounds in partnership with the NPS. Aviator Sports and Events Center is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxbury and Neponsit.
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.
Neponsit
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Belle Harbor
Neighborhood
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. Belle Harbor is situated 2 miles east of Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
- Categories: vertical-lift bridge, toll bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57344° or 40° 34′ 24″ northLongitude
-73.88491° or 73° 53′ 6″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G8H4F8+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 614126776OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海洋公園道路大橋”
- Dutch: “Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مارين باركواى جيل هودجز ميموريال بريدج”
- French: “Marine Parkway Bridge”
- French: “Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge”
- German: “Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר מארין פארקוויי גיל הודג’ס ממוריאל”
- Japanese: “マリン・パークウェイ・ギル・ホッジス・メモリアル橋”
- Japanese: “マリン・パークウェイ=ギル・ホッジス・メモリアル橋”
- Japanese: “マリン・パークウェイ=ギル・ホッジス記念橋”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rockaway Point and Breezy Point.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Rockaway Inlet near Floyd Bennett Field and Breezy Dogs Food Truck.
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