Gwirtzman Triangle

Gwirtzman Triangle is a park in Queens, New York. Gwirtzman Triangle is situated nearby to the neighborhood Neponsit, as well as near Belle Harbor.

Places of Interest

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.

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 northwest of Gwirtzman Triangle.

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 northwest of Gwirtzman Triangle.

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

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.

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.

Gwirtzman Triangle

Type: Park
Description: park in Queens County, New York, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.57556° or 40° 34′ 32″ north

Longitude

-73.86278° or 73° 51′ 46″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87G8H4GP+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357640393

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

7169210

Wikidata ID

Q49496889

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In Other Languages

“Gwirtzman Triangle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gwirtzman Triangle”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Roxbury and Seaside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West End Temple and Congregation Ohav Zedek.

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