Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge

The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge is a bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Howard Beach and Broad Channel.

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Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in Queens, New York
Also known as: “North Channel Bridge” and “Queens City Channel Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spring Creek Park and Lefferts Boulevard.

Spring Creek Park

Nature reserve

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Spring Creek Park is a public park along the Jamaica Bay shoreline between the neighborhoods of Howard Beach, Queens, and Spring Creek, Brooklyn, in New York City.

Lefferts Boulevard

Railway station

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AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, US. Lefferts Boulevard is situated 1½ miles north of Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.

Howard Beach–JFK Airport station

Metro station

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The Howard Beach–JFK Airport station is a local subway/people mover station complex located at Coleman Square between 159th Avenue and 103rd Street in Howard Beach, Queens. Howard Beach–JFK Airport station is situated 1¼ miles north of Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamilton Beach and Gateway National Recreation Area.

Hamilton Beach

Neighborhood

Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered to the north by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park, to the south by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel, to the east by 102nd–104th Streets in South Ozone Park, and to the west by 75th Street in East New York, Brooklyn.

Gateway National Recreation Area

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Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York. This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central New Jersey.