Rikers Island Channel

Places of Interest

LaGuardia Airport

Photo: ERIC SALARD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

LaGuardia Airport is the third major airport in the New York area. While JFK and Newark Airport are major international airports, LaGuardia mostly serves domestic flights.

Rikers Island Bridge

Bridge

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Rikers Island Bridge is a girder bridge that connects Rikers Island in the borough of the Bronx with the borough of Queens in New York City. The bridge begins in the Ditmars Steinway area in Astoria, Queens, near the intersection of Hazen Street and 19th Avenue, and continues to the south side of Rikers Island.

Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center

Prison

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The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx's southern shore, across from Rikers Island, near Hunts Point.

Places in the Area

College Point

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Whitestone Expressway and Flushing; to the east by 138th Street and Malba/Whitestone; to the north by the East River; and to the west by Flushing Bay. College Point is situated 1½ miles east of Rikers Island Channel.

East Elmhurst

Neighborhood

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East Elmhurst is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and Corona, to the north and east by Bowery Bay, and to the west by Woodside and Ditmars Steinway. East Elmhurst is situated 1½ miles south of Rikers Island Channel.

Jackson Heights

Photo: Jleon, CC BY 2.5.

Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in Queens, a borough of New York City. Woodside, Elmhurst and Corona are also covered in this article. To an increasing number of travelers and curious New York natives, the area offers a diversity of mostly reasonably-priced restaurants representing many of the world's cuisines, including Indian, Thai, Korean, Mexican, Peruvian, Italian, and Argentine.

Rikers Island Channel

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

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