Stony Creek Marsh
Stony Creek Marsh is a swamp in Brooklyn, New York. Stony Creek Marsh is situated nearby to the neighborhood Broad Channel, as well as near the quarter Rockaway Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruffle Bar and Floyd Bennett Field.
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.
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 2 miles southwest of Stony Creek Marsh.
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 2½ miles southwest of Stony Creek Marsh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Channel and Gateway National Recreation Area.
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. Broad Channel is situated 2 miles east of Stony Creek Marsh.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York. This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central New Jersey.
East Brooklyn
Photo: Multiplicitous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Brooklyn encompasses Cypress Hills, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Barren Island.
Stony Creek Marsh
- Type: Swamp
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6101° or 40° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
-73.85347° or 73° 51′ 13″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G8J46W+2JGeoNames ID
5139898
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