Borden Avenue Bridge

The Borden Avenue Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City, in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. It carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic across Dutch Kills, a tidal waterway that is a tributary of Newtown Creek.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smiling Hogshead Ranch and Hunterspoint Avenue station.

Smiling Hogshead Ranch

Park

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Smiling Hogshead Ranch is a community garden located in Long Island City in New York City. It was originally a guerilla garden on the abandoned tracks for the Degnon Terminal tracks, a spur off the Montauk Cutoff. Smiling Hogshead Ranch is situated 1,300 feet north of Borden Avenue Bridge.

Hunterspoint Avenue station

Railway station

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Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City. Hunterspoint Avenue station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Borden Avenue Bridge.

MoMA PS1

Museum

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MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution at 22-01 Jackson Avenue in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City, United States. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the Warm Up summer music series, and the Young Architects Program with the Museum of Modern Art. MoMA PS1 is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Borden Avenue Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnyside and Blissville.

Sunnyside

Neighborhood

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Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth to the south.

Blissville

Neighborhood

Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.