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Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the in . Completed in 1909, it connects the neighborhood in the borough of with the and neighborhoods in , passing over .
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in New York City
  • Also known as: “59th Street Bridge”, “59th St Bridge”, “Ed Koch Bridge”, “Queensboro bridge”, “Queensboro Bridge”, and “The 59th Street Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Queensbridge Park.

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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 southwest of Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Park
, named for the nearby Queensboro Bridge, is a 20.34-acre city park along the in , , . The park is a primary place of recreation for residents of and has a riverfront promenade, baseball diamonds, running paths, lawns and areas for picnicking.

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
is a historic house on in . The house's name comes from Jacob Blackwell, who built the house in 1796. He was the great-grandson of Robert Blackwell, who in 1686 took ownership of what was then known as Manning's Island and subsequently became the island's new namesake. is situated 1,800 feet north of Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Lenox Hill.

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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
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is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

Latitude
40.75549° or 40° 45′ 20″ north
Longitude
-73.95131° or 73° 57′ 5″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Inception
1909
Height
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q24X+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 500906008
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5133274
Wiki­data ID
Q125157
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Satellite Map

Discover Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر كوينزبورو”
  • Armenian: “Քուինսբորո կամուրջ”
  • Balinese: “Kreteg Queensboro”
  • Basque: “Queensboro zubia”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсборо мост”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсбъро Бридж”
  • Catalan: “pont de Queensboro”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Queensboro”
  • Chinese: “Queensboro橋”
  • Chinese: “昆斯博羅橋”
  • Chinese: “皇后區大橋”
  • Chinese: “皇后大桥”
  • Chinese: “皇后大橋”
  • Chinese: “紐約皇后區大橋”
  • Chinese: “纽约皇后区大桥”
  • Czech: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Danish: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى كوينزبورو”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Kvinzboro”
  • Finnish: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • French: “pont de Queensboro”
  • French: “Pont de Queensboro”
  • German: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר קווינסבורו”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Queensboro”
  • Japanese: “59丁目橋線”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズボロ橋”
  • Korean: “퀸즈버러교”
  • Latvian: “Kvīnsboro tilts”
  • Persian: “پل کوئینزبورو”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte do Queensboro”
  • Russian: “Мост Куинсборо”
  • Slovak: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Spanish: “puente de Queensboro”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Queensboro”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng Queensboro”
  • Thai: “สะพานควีนส์โบโร”

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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 “Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.