Nike Silo

Places of Interest Nearby

Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

Bridge

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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 Nike Silo.

Floyd Bennett Field

Historic site

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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 Nike Silo.

Barren Island

Island

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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 Nike Silo.

Places in the Area

Roxbury

Neighborhood

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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

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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 1½ miles northeast of Nike Silo.

Breezy Point

Neighborhood

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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 2 miles west of Nike Silo.

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