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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Visitor center
Visitor center
Jamaica Bay Unit of the
Gateway National Recreation Area
LocationNew York City, United States
Coordinates40°36′57″N 73°49′48″W / 40.6158°N 73.83°W / 40.6158; -73.83
Area9,155 acres (37.05 km2)
Established1972
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in New York City managed by the National Park Service as part of Gateway National Recreation Area. It is composed of the open water and intertidal salt marshes and wetlands of Jamaica Bay. It lies entirely within the boundaries of New York City, divided between the boroughs of Brooklyn to the west and Queens to the east.

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in New York City managed by the National Park Service as part of Gateway National Recreation Area. It...

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Jamaica Bay

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freshwater impoundments were created on Rulers Bar Hassock in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; the smaller 49 acres (0.20 km2) freshwater West Pond is kept...

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List of parks in New York City

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(2.65 km2) Forest Park, Queens - 544 acres (2.20 km2) While Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is larger than any of the parks listed above, at 9,155 acres...

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Gateway National Recreation Area

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Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Among the sites in this unit are: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a prime location for viewing birds and bird migrations, diamondback...

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Ruffle Bar

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located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie. The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies...

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Wildlife". City Room. The New York Times Company. Retrieved April 16, 2019. Heckscher 2008, p. 49. Pollak, Michael (July 6, 2014). "What Is Jamaica,...

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marsh, wetlands, islands, and water, including most of Jamaica Bay and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Also in Queens, the park includes a significant portion...

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dramatic harbor placement and allow passengers on vessels entering New York Bay to experience a changing perspective on the statue as they proceeded toward...

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areas Gateway National Recreation Area - Jamaica Bay Floyd Bennett Field Fort Tilden Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Jacob Riis Gateway National Recreation...

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partly as: Water scarcity Impacts to endangered species Disruption of wildlife breeding grounds Imbalance in sediment load and nutrient filtration Biodiversity...

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Eastern towhee

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on sites with gradual edges and those with more distinct edges between "wildlife habitat openings" and oak-hickory forest. Eastern towhees primarily eat...

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burial ground of many notable New Yorkers. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: a unique Federal wildlife refuge straddling the Brooklyn-Queens border, part...

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and Peter Cooper Village to the east, Rose Hill to the northwest, and Kips Bay to the northeast. The boundaries of the Historic District, set in 1966 and...

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East Pond

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Massachusetts, U.S. East Pond (Eagle Bay, New York), U.S. East Pond, Fallsburg, New York, U.S. East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York City, U.S. East Pond...

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Piping plover

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Sartore's Photo Ark. The stamp was dedicated at a ceremony at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, one of the biggest nesting sites for piping plovers. BirdLife...

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West Pond

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may refer to: West Pond (Big Moose, New York), U.S. West Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York City, U.S. West Pond, a sidings area at Barry Docks...

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Queens

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parallels the Cross Bay, has a mid-bay station at Broad Channel which is just a short walk from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, now part of Gateway...

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Randalls and Wards Islands

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Refuge reformatory. Maps from the 1850s show two hospital complexes on Randalls Island. Meanwhile, Wards Island was used by the State Emigrant Refuge...

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Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards buses

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island of Broad Channel within the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, where it makes several stops. It then crosses the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge onto the...

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Jamaica

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Jamaica (/dʒəˈmeɪkə/ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square...

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Lindsay signed a law authorizing in the creation of two wildlife refuges, the Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary and the Hunter Island Marine Zoology and Geology...

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neighboring habitat of the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge. North Park will largely be devoted to wildlife and passive recreation, though trails for biking...

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the airport environment. A nesting colony of laughing gulls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge contributed to 98–315 bird strikes per year, in 1979–1992, at...

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30, 2023 – via newspapers.com. Shepard, Joan (June 21, 1979). "Four from Bay Ridge graduate from LIU". Daily News. p. 672. Archived from the original...

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