Neponsit
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 1,360 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Queens, New York
- Also known as: “Neponsit, Queens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Floyd Bennett Field.
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
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.
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 2 miles northwest of Neponsit.
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station
Metro station
Photo: Aio Eo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is the western terminal station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located on Beach 116th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, Queens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belle Harbor and Rockaway Park.
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.
Rockaway Park
Quarter
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is on the Rockaway Peninsula, nestled between Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
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. Roxbury is situated 1½ miles west of Neponsit.
Neponsit
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.57308° or 40° 34′ 23″ northLongitude
-73.85987° or 73° 51′ 36″ westPopulation
1,360Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87G8H4FR+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 220786960OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Neponsit” goes by many names.
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