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The location of Jamaica Bay, combined with its rich food resources, make it an important habitat for both plants and animals. [4] This geographic location also provides valuable feeding habitat to marine and estuarine species migrating between the New York Bight and the Hudson River and Raritan River estuaries, and to a diverse community of migratory birds and insects that use the Bay for ...
The fixed bridge, carrying six lanes of Cross Bay Boulevard, is named for the late Joseph P. Addabbo, who represented the area in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986. [ 3 ] The bridge was built alongside the original North Channel Bridge (1925-1993) as a replacement; a lack of maintenance on the old bascule bridge had ...
Planning for a bridge across Jamaica Bay, connecting Howard Beach with Rockaway Beach via Beach Channel, had begun by 1917. [3] Construction began in 1923. [4] [5] The bridge was intended to save travel time for people in Manhattan traveling to the Rockaways. [4] The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Madigan-Hyland.
A map of the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. The Broad Channel community is depicted in yellow on the largest island located within the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge section. Prior to European settlement, the Jameco and Canarsie bands of Lenape Native Americans frequented this area.
The Jamaica Channel is a strait separating the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea. [1] Along with the Windward Passage to its north. Due to its location about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north-east of the Panama Canal, it is a main sea lane through which vessels with Pacific Ocean destinations sailing from the eastern seaboards of the United States and Canada, as well as ...
It is the entrance to Jamaica Bay, and most of the inlet is within the boundary of Gateway National Recreation Area. Its entrance is marked by a light on a jetty extending southward from Rockaway Point. The entrance channel extends westward of the jetty and is marked by lighted buoys.
The line then passes over Jamaica Bay just to the east of Cross Bay Boulevard, on its own private right-of-way. Then the line passes over the North Channel Swing Bridge. [3] The crossing across Jamaica Bay between Howard Beach and Broad Channel is the longest distance between any two adjacent stations in the entire New York City Subway system. [4]
The boulevard was then referred to as Jamaica Bay Boulevard. [1] The southern portion between Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach opened in October 1924, [ 15 ] and the entire route up to the existing intersection of Woodhaven Avenue and Liberty Avenue opened a year later in 1925. [ 17 ]