Veterans Park
Veterans Park is a park in Queens, New York. Veterans Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Somerville, as well as near Hammel.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Queens County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Broad Channel Memorial Park” and “Broad Channel Veteran’s Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broad Channel station and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Broad Channel station
Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The Broad Channel station is a local 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.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
Beach 90th Street station
Metro station
Photo: Shapiros10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beach 90th Street station is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains. Beach 90th Street station is situated 1½ miles south of Veterans Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Channel and Hammel.
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.
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 1½ miles south of Veterans Park.
Ocean Breeze
Neighborhood
South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, situated directly south of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge. South Beach is bounded by New York Bay on the southeast, Seaview Avenue on the southwest, Laconia Avenue on the northwest, Reid and McClean Avenues on the north, and Lily Pond Avenue on the northeast. Ocean Breeze is situated 1½ miles south of Veterans Park.
Veterans Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.61098° or 40° 36′ 40″ northLongitude
-73.81888° or 73° 49′ 8″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Operator
New York City Department of Parks and RecreatonOpen location code
87G8J56J+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 507823973OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
6348505Wikidata ID
Q49574842
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Veterans Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Veterans Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, New York, Queens County)”
- Cebuano: “Veterans Park”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Goose Pond Marsh and Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department.
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