Ruffle Bar
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Floyd Bennett Field and Barren Island.
Floyd Bennett Field
Historic site
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay. The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station. Floyd Bennett Field is situated 1½ miles west of Ruffle Bar.
Barren Island
Island
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of Long Island. Barren Island is situated 2 miles west of Ruffle Bar.
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. Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ruffle Bar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belle Harbor and Rockaway Park.
Belle Harbor
Neighborhood
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor is situated 1½ miles south of Ruffle Bar.
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. Rockaway Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ruffle Bar.
Neponsit
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Neponsit is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the New York City borough of Queens. Neponsit is situated 2 miles south of Ruffle Bar.
Ruffle Bar
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.59936° or 40° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.85681° or 73° 51′ 25″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G8H4XV+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 110163359OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5134602Wikidata ID
Q15273739
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Japanese—“Ruffle Bar” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ruffle Bar”
- Cebuano: “Ruffle Bar”
- Japanese: “ラッフル・バー”
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