Floyd Bennett Field
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.- Historic site
- …lies at an elevation of 135 feet (41 metres)
- Description: defunct airport in Brooklyn, New York City
- Address: NY
- Also known as“Floyd Bennett Airfield”“Floyd Bennett Airport”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barren Island and Aviator Sports and Events Center.
Barren Island
Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City.
Aviator Sports and Events Center
Sports venue
Aviator Sports and Events Center is a sports and… Aviator Sports and Events Center is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Floyd Bennett Field.
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge… Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is situated 1½ miles south of Floyd Bennett Field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mill Basin and Roxbury.
Mill Basin
Neighborhood
Mill Basin is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City.
Gerritsen Beach
Neighborhood
Gerritsen Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City… Gerritsen Beach is situated 2 miles west of Floyd Bennett Field.
Floyd Bennett Field
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Latitude
40.59453° or 40° 35′ 40″ north
Longitude
-73.88804° or 73° 53′ 17″ west
Open location code
87G8H4V6+RQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=aerodrome
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Floyd Bennett Field” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار فلويد بينيت”
- Cebuano: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Chinese: “弗洛伊德·班尼特機場”
- Chinese: “弗洛伊德·貝內特機場”
- Chinese: “弗洛伊德貝涅特機場”
- Chinese: “弗洛伊德贝涅特机场”
- Chinese: “弗洛依德班尼特机场”
- Chinese: “弗洛依德班尼特機場”
- Dutch: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- French: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- German: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Hebrew: “שדה התעופה פלויד בנט”
- Italian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Japanese: “フロイド・ベネット・フィールド”
- Japanese: “フロイド・ベネット飛行場”
- Lithuanian: “Floido Beneto Fyldo oro uostas”
- Lithuanian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Norwegian: “Floyd Bennett Field”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo Floyd Bennett”
- Urdu: “فلوئڈ بینٹ فیلڈ”
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