Plumb Beach
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Glenn ocean, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City
- Also known as: “Plum Beach” and “Plumb Beach, Brooklyn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mau Mau Island and Floyd Bennett Field.
Mau Mau Island
Island
Mau Mau Island, also called White Island, is a small uninhabited island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Gerritsen Creek and Mill Creek in the Marine Park recreation area.
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 2 miles northeast of Plumb 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 1½ miles northeast of Plumb Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gerritsen Beach and Manhattan Beach.
Gerritsen Beach
Neighborhood
Gerritsen Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Sheepshead Bay to the west and Marine Park to the east. The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15.
Manhattan Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Multiplicitous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, by Sheepshead Bay on the north, and Brighton Beach to the west.
Sheepshead Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
Plumb Beach
- Categories: human settlement and recreation area
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.58358° or 40° 35′ 1″ northLongitude
-73.92153° or 73° 55′ 18″ westOperator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
87G8H3MH+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 558408840OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q14707194
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In Other Languages
“Plumb Beach” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “プラム・ビーチ (ブルックリン)”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gerritsen Beach and Plumb Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plumb Beach”. Photo: Glenn ocean, CC BY-SA 3.0.