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Rockaway Inlet

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. Rockaway Inlet is bounded by Brooklyn to the north and Rockaway Peninsula to the south. 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.

Located at 40.5732, -73.9136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Straits of New York, Geography of Long Island, Geography of Brooklyn, Geography of Queens County, New York, Bodies of water around Rockaway, Queens

Kingsborough Community College

Kingsborough Community College (KBCC), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, is the only community college in Brooklyn, New York. The campus is located at Manhattan Beach, which is at the eastern end of Coney Island. The 71-acre (283,000 m²) campus overlooks Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. In its early years, it also had an annex, known as the "Mid-Brooklyn campus".

Located at 40.5781, -73.9331 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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City University of New York, Educational institutions established in 1963, Two-year colleges in the United States, Coney Island, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Universities and colleges in Brooklyn, Community colleges in New York

Breezy Point, Queens

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 on the landward side, and the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood is governed by Queens Community Board 14. The community is run by the Breezy Point Cooperative, in which all residents pay the maintenance, security, and community-oriented costs involved with keeping the community private.

Located at 40.5565, -73.9262 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens, Irish-American neighborhoods, Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Queens, Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens

Dead Horse Bay

Dead Horse Bay is a small water body off Barren Island between the Gerritsen Inlet and Rockaway Inlet in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. During the seventeenth century, Dutch settlers built tide mills to grind wheat into flour. A remaining millstone can still be found along the Millstone trail.

Located at 40.5835, -73.9041 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Geography of Brooklyn, Bays of New York

WKRB

WKRB (90.3 MHz) is an FM station based in New York City, New York. It is a music based station based at and controlled by Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. It also is the official station of the Brooklyn Cyclones, and is a broadcast partner of the New York Islanders hockey club. In 2006, WKRB changed its frequency from 90.9 MHz to 90.3 MHz, but kept its call letters.

Located at 40.5767, -73.9344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roxbury, Queens

Roxbury is a community on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is just west of the Marine Parkway Bridge and adjoins Fort Tilden. It is an inholding within the borders of the Breezy Point Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, of the US National Park System. Roxbury is part of the Breezy Point Cooperative, a private property owning corporation of residents.

Located at 40.5669, -73.89 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens, Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Queens

Plumb Beach, Brooklyn

Plum Beach (sometimes spelled "Plumb") 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. Originally an island, Hog Creek was filled in during the late 1930's.

Located at 40.5837, -73.921 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Beaches of Kings County, New York, Geography of Brooklyn, Visitor attractions in Brooklyn, Neighborhoods in Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station

The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954. The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. The site is now occupied by Kingsborough Community College, and has been since the mid 1960s.

Located at 40.5781, -73.9331 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Merchant marine, Maritime colleges in the United States, Educational institutions established in 1942, Educational institutions disestablished in 1954, Coney Island, Defunct universities and colleges in New York