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Gantry Plaza State Park

Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre state park on the in the section of , in the borough of .
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  • Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
  • Type: Park
  • Description: public park in Queens, New York
  • Address: 4-09 47th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Pepsi-Cola sign.

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The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east.

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The is a neon sign at Gantry Plaza State Park in the neighborhood of in . The sign, visible from and the , was built in 1940 and originally installed atop PepsiCo 's bottling factory nearby.

Islet
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U Thant Island is a small artificial island or islet in 's , within the borough of . The 100-by-200-foot island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Tudor City.

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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the east side of in . is generally bordered to the east by the or and to the west by , though the exact boundaries are disputed.

Gantry Plaza State Park

Latitude
40.74637° or 40° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
-73.95775° or 73° 57′ 28″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Open location code
87G8P2WR+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25428484
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6348502
Wiki­data ID
Q1262366
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Japanese—“Gantry Plaza State Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متنزه غانتري بلازا الحكومي”
  • Cebuano: “Gantry Plaza State Park”
  • Chinese: “龍門廣場州立公園”
  • Dutch: “Gantry Plaza State Park”
  • German: “Gantry Plaza State Park”
  • Japanese: “ガントリー・プラザ・ステート・パーク”
  • Japanese: “ガントリー・プラザ・ステイト・パーク”
  • Japanese: “ガントリー・プラザ州立公園”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gantry Plaza State Park”. Photo: Airbornelawyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.