Roxbury

Roxbury is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of originally settled by Irish immigrants in the early 20th century.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Queens, New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Roxbury (New York, N.Y.)”, “Roxbury (New York, NY)”, “Roxbury, Queens”, and “Roxbury, Queens, New York”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Floyd Bennett Field.

Bridge
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The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in , , that crosses . The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the in , with Flatbush Avenue, in turn providing access to , Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in .

Historic site
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast in , along the shore of . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station. is situated 2 miles north of Roxbury.

Island
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is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of in . Located on , it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of . is situated 2 miles north of Roxbury.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neponsit and Breezy Point.

Neighborhood
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is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the , the southernmost area of the borough of . is situated 1½ miles east of Roxbury.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of , located on the western end of the , between and to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. is situated 2 miles west of Roxbury.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small residential neighborhood in the borough of , located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. is situated 2½ miles east of Roxbury.

Roxbury

Latitude
40.56623° or 40° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
-73.89045° or 73° 53′ 26″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87G8H485+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220797934
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5134575
Wiki­data ID
Q62151
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Satellite Map

Discover Roxbury from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Roxbury” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Roxbury”
  • French: “Roxbury”
  • Japanese: “ロクスベリー (クイーンズ区)”
  • Japanese: “ロックスベリー (クイーンズ)”
  • Japanese: “ロックスベリー”
  • Urdu: “روکسبری، کوئینز”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Roxbury Volunteer Fire Dept and St. Genevieve’s Church.

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