Battery Kessler

Battery Kessler is a bunker in Queens, New York. Battery Kessler is situated nearby to the ruins Gun platform, as well as near Battery Harris Magazine 1.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Barren Island.

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 1¼ miles northeast of Battery Kessler.

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 Battery Kessler.

Plumb Beach

Park

Photo: Glenn ocean, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plumb Beach is a beach and surrounding neighborhood along the north shore of Rockaway Inlet, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is located near the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach, just off the Belt Parkway. Plumb Beach is situated 2 miles northwest of Battery Kessler.

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.

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 Battery Kessler.

Battery Kessler

Type: Bunker
Categories: building, historic site, fort, and military installation
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.55806° or 40° 33′ 29″ north

Longitude

-73.89682° or 73° 53′ 49″ west

Height

2.3 feet (0.7 metres)

Open location code

87G8H453+67

OpenStreetMap ID

way 285103783

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gun platform and Battery Harris Magazine 1.

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