Fort Tilden Beach
Fort Tilden Beach is a beach in Queens, New York. Fort Tilden Beach is situated nearby to the fort Battery Construction 220, as well as near the historic site Nike Missile Site NY-49.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Floyd Bennett Field.
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
Bridge
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 1 mile north of Fort Tilden Beach.
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 Fort Tilden Beach.
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 2½ miles north of Fort Tilden Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxbury and Breezy Point.
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.
Breezy Point
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. Breezy Point is situated 1½ miles west of Fort Tilden Beach.
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. Neponsit is situated 2 miles northeast of Fort Tilden Beach.
Fort Tilden Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.55963° or 40° 33′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.89015° or 73° 53′ 25″ westOpen location code
87G8H455+VWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1057432962OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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