The Raunt station
The Raunt was a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. It had no address and no station house, because it was meant strictly as a dropping-off point for fishermen using a small island in Jamaica Bay.Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Flat
- Description: railway station in Queens, New York, United States
- Also known as: “The Raunt” and “The Raunt Station”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruffle Bar and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Ruffle Bar
Islet
Ruffle Bar is a 143-acre island located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie. The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies just east of the former Barren Island, where Floyd Bennett Field is now located.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
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 Broad Channel and Rockaway Park.
Broad Channel
Neighborhood
Photo: DoomDan515, Public domain.
Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay.
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.
Seaside
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seaside is a section of the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by the Rockaway Beach neighborhood on the east, and by the neighborhood of Rockaway Park on the west.
The Raunt station
- Categories: railway station and body of water
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“The Raunt station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “羅恩特車站”
- French: “The Raunt”
- Japanese: “ザ・ローント駅”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Broad Channel and Little Egg Marsh.
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