Rockaway Coast Guard Station

Rockaway Coast Guard Station is a meteorological station in New York, Mid-Atlantic. Rockaway Coast Guard Station is situated nearby to the neighborhood Roxbury, as well as near Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge in New York City, New York, that crosses Rockaway Inlet. The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, with Flatbush Avenue, in turn providing access to Floyd Bennett Field, Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in Brooklyn. Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is situated 2,500 feet north of Rockaway Coast Guard Station.

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 north of Rockaway Coast Guard Station.

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 north of Rockaway Coast Guard Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxbury and Neponsit.

Roxbury

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Roxbury is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens originally settled by Irish immigrants in the early 20th century.

Neponsit

Neighborhood

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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

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 2 miles east of Rockaway Coast Guard Station.

Rockaway Coast Guard Station

Type: Meteorological station
Location: New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.56667° or 40° 34′ north

Longitude

-73.88333° or 73° 53′ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

ICAO airport code

K50N

Open location code

87G8H488+MM

GeoNames ID

6297576

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