Arbitration Rock
The Arbitration Rock was set in 1769 as the boundary marker between the two Long Island townships of Newtown and Bushwick. Since Newtown was in Queens County and Bushwick in Kings County, this rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle also served to mark the dividing line between these two colonial New York counties.- Type: Geographical marker
- Description: 1769 United States town boundary marker
- Address: 18-20 Flushing Avenue
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jefferson Street station and Maria Hernandez Park.
Jefferson Street station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Jefferson Street station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Bushwick, Brooklyn at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Wyckoff Avenue, it is served by the L train at all times. Jefferson Street station is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Arbitration Rock.
Maria Hernandez Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Maria Hernandez Park is a municipal park in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. It is located between Knickerbocker Avenue on the southwest to Irving Avenue on the northeast, and Starr Street on the northwest to Suydam Street on the southeast.
DeKalb Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The DeKalb Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Wyckoff and DeKalb Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. DeKalb Avenue station is situated 2,500 feet south of Arbitration Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgewood and Fresh Pond.
Ridgewood
Neighborhood
Photo: EddieSegoura, Public domain.
Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It borders the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth to the north, Middle Village to the east, and Glendale to the southeast, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick to the southwest and East Williamsburg to the west.
Fresh Pond
Neighborhood
Fresh Pond was a small middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, separated from Juniper Valley by the Lutheran and Mount Olivet cemeteries.
Maspeth
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City. It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers.
Arbitration Rock
- Category: historic site
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71074° or 40° 42′ 39″ northLongitude
-73.91955° or 73° 55′ 10″ westOpen location code
87G8P36J+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 5635158448OpenStreetMap feature
historic=boundary_stoneWikidata ID
Q4784725
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