Yankee Channel
Yankee Channel is a channel in Brooklyn, New York. Yankee Channel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Neponsit, as well as near Belle Harbor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Floyd Bennett Field and Ruffle Bar.
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.
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.
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 1½ miles west of Yankee Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neponsit and Belle Harbor.
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.
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.
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.
Yankee Channel
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.58594° or 40° 35′ 9″ northLongitude
-73.86208° or 73° 51′ 44″ westOpen location code
87G8H4PQ+95GeoNames ID
5145182
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