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Pulaski Bridge

The Pulaski Bridge in connects Long Island City in to in over . It was named after military commander and American Revolutionary War fighter Casimir Pulaski in homage to the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint.
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Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge between Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, USA
  • Also known as: “Pulaski Bascule Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue station.

Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east. is situated 1 mile northwest of Pulaski Bridge.

Metro station
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, and the westernmost station on the portion of the line. is situated 1,200 feet north of Pulaski Bridge.

Railway station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the and neighborhoods of , . is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Pulaski Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Blissville.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

Neighborhood
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dialt0ne, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . It shares borders with and to the west, to the north, to the east and to the south.

Pulaski Bridge

Latitude
40.73954° or 40° 44′ 22″ north
Longitude
-73.9523° or 73° 57′ 8″ west
Elevation
-20 feet (-6 metres)
Open location code
87G8P2QX+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 371935773
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5133086
Wiki­data ID
Q606796
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Uzbek—“Pulaski Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “普拉斯基大橋”
  • Chinese: “普瓦斯基橋”
  • French: “Pulaski Bridge”
  • German: “Pulaski Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα Πουλάσκι”
  • Hebrew: “גשר פולאסקי”
  • Japanese: “プラスキー 橋”
  • Japanese: “プラスキ橋”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Pulaski kópiri”
  • Polish: “Pulaski Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Puente Pulaski”
  • Uzbek: “Pulaski koʻprigi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pulaski Bridge”. Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.