Neponsit

Neponsit is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the , the southernmost area of the borough of .
Wikipedia
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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.

Bridge
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The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in , , that crosses . The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the in , with Flatbush Avenue, in turn providing access to , Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in .

Historic site
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast in , along the shore of . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station. is situated 2 miles northwest of Neponsit.

Metro station
Photo: Aio Eo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belle Harbor and Rockaway Park.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small residential neighborhood in the borough of , located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . The area is on the , nestled between to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.

Neighborhood
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is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of originally settled by Irish immigrants in the early 20th century. is situated 1½ miles west of Neponsit.

Neponsit

Latitude
40.57308° or 40° 34′ 23″ north
Longitude
-73.85987° or 73° 51′ 36″ west
Population
1,360
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87G8H4FR+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220786960
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5128428
Wiki­data ID
Q62146
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Satellite Map

Discover Neponsit from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Neponsit” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Neponsit”
  • French: “Neponsit”
  • German: “Neponsit”
  • Japanese: “ネポンジット (クイーンズ)”
  • Russian: “Непонсит”
  • Urdu: “نیپونسٹ، کوئینز”

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Notable Places Nearby

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