Battery Fergusson

Battery Fergusson is a fort in Queens, New York. Battery Fergusson is situated nearby to Jacob Riis Park Beach 14, as well as near Jacob Riis Park Beach 13.

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 4,200 feet north of Battery Fergusson.

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 2½ miles north of Battery Fergusson.

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 Battery Fergusson.

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

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. Belle Harbor is situated 2 miles northeast of Battery Fergusson.

Battery Fergusson

Type: Fort
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.56226° or 40° 33′ 44″ north

Longitude

-73.88172° or 73° 52′ 54″ west

Open location code

87G8H469+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12108692001

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jacob Riis Park Beach 14 and Jacob Riis Park Beach 13.

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