Rockaway Inlet — is a strait connecting Jamaica Bay, wholly within New York City, with the Atlantic Ocean. It separates the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens from the Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.DescriptionRockaway Inlet is bound by Brooklyn to the North and… … Wikipedia
Shinnecock Inlet — is the easternmost of five major inlets [http://www.nd.edu/ adcirc/shinnecock.htm] connecting bays to the Atlantic Ocean through the narrow 100 mile long barrier islands that stretch from New York City to Southhampton, New York on the south shore … Wikipedia
Outer barrier — The outer barrier, also known as the Long Island and New York City barrier islands, refers to the string of barrier islands that divide the lagoons south of Long Island from the Atlantic Ocean. These islands include Coney Island, Long Beach… … Wikipedia
New York Harbor — Ein Werbefoto, das aber gut die wirkliche Bedeutung des Hafens heute zeigt: ein Containerschiff vor der Governors Insel … Deutsch Wikipedia
Reynolds Channel — is a strait in Nassau County, New York which separates a barrier island that contains the City of Long Beach and the villages of Atlantic Beach and Lido Beach from Long Island and Barnum Island. The channel begins at the East Rockaway Inlet and… … Wikipedia
Dead Horse Bay — Gerritsen Inlet and marina on left; Dead Horse Bay center; Rockaway Inlet, the Rockaway Peninsula, Marine Parkway Bridge on right Dead Horse Bay is a small water body off Barren Island between the Gerritsen Inlet and Rockaway Inlet in the New… … Wikipedia
Geography of New York Harbor — [ Upper New York Bay,2. Lower New York Bay,3. Newark Bay, 4. Hudson River, 5. East River, 6. Raritan Bay, 7. Jamaica Bay, 8. Long Island Sound.9. New York Bight (North Atlantic Ocean), 10. Ambrose Channel11. Mud Dump Site12. Hudson CanyonMajor… … Wikipedia
Neponsit, Queens — Neponsit Neighborhoods of New York City Aerial view of Neponsit near Jacob Riis Park … Wikipedia
Jamaica Bay — is a lagoon that lies in the shadow of New York City s skyscrapers and is adjacent to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Location Jamaica Bay is located on the southwestern tip of Long Island in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York… … Wikipedia
Bridges and tunnels in New York City — J train on the Williamsburg Bridge New York City s harbor and multiple waterways are what once made it the center of trade, but today they make it a city of bridges and tunnels. Over 2,000 of them provide uninterrupted vehicular movement… … Wikipedia