West Pond

West Pond is a lake in Queens, New York. West Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Broad Channel, as well as near Somerville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Broad Channel station and Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.

Broad Channel station

Metro station

Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.

The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens.

Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Howard Beach and Broad Channel. Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is situated 1½ miles north of West Pond.

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. Ruffle Bar is situated 2 miles southwest of West Pond.

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.

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.

Hammel

Neighborhood

Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hammels is an area within Rockaway Beach on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located west of Arverne and east of Seaside, and is centered on Beach 84th Street. Hammel is situated 2½ miles southeast of West Pond.

West Pond

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.61845° or 40° 37′ 6″ north

Longitude

-73.83076° or 73° 49′ 51″ west

Elevation

-7 feet (-2 metres)

Open location code

87G8J599+9M

GeoNames ID

5143974

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