Rockaway Inlet
Rockaway Inlet is a strait connecting Jamaica Bay, wholly within New York City, with the Atlantic Ocean. It separates the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens from the Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.- Type: Bay
- Description: strait off Long Island, New York, connecting Jamaica Bay with the Atlantic Ocean
- Also known as: “洛克威灣”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Plumb Beach and Mau Mau Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gerritsen Beach and Manhattan Beach.
Manhattan Beach
Neighborhood
Sheepshead Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.Rockaway Inlet
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57873° or 40° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
-73.92361° or 73° 55′ 25″ west
Open location code
87G8H3HG+FH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Rockaway Inlet” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rockaway Inlet”
- Chinese: “洛克威海峽”
- Dutch: “Rockaway Inlet”
- French: “Rockaway Inlet”
- German: “Rockaway Inlet”
- Hebrew: “מצר רוקאווי”
- Hebrew: “מצר רוקאוויי”
- Japanese: “ロッカウェイ入り江”
- “Rockaway Inlet”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rockaway Point and Breezy Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gerritsen Beach and Lew Fidler Park.
Queens: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
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