3 84th St. 84th Rockaway Pkwy. Schenck Ave. Q B Aqueduct Racetrack 2 5 are indicated on the map Welcome to the Jamaica Bay Greenway East Spring Ride routes and distances Holy Cross between flag poles located at greenway access points and Things to Do in Jamaica Bay L New York Creek Cemetery Brownsville points of interest. Clarendon Rd. Bike Shops Aviator Sports D Flatlands Ave. 157th Ave. Roy’s Sheepshead Cycle Floyd Bennett Field 2679 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn | (718) 758-7500 Pennsylvania Ave. 1.2 mi Brooklyn | (718) 648-1440 aviatorsports.com F Howard QUEENS roysbikes.com Starrett 3.9 mi Sorrentino Recreation N L City Beach Larry’s Cycle Shop 84th St. 84th 91st St. 91st 92nd St. 92nd Center East Gateway Dr. 1854 Flatbush Avenue 1848 Cornaga Ave Protected Bicycle Bicycle Lane Shared Lane Brooklyn | (718) 377-3600 Flatbush Fresh Creek Brooklyn Far Rockaway | (718) 471-4818 & Pedestrian Path Nature Preserve Sports Fishing is subject to New York State regulation. The larryscycleshop.com with BROOKLYNAccess Point 2 5 Club Department of Environmental Conservation offers licenses Bergen Beach Youth Mini Mall for fishing. To purchase a license, callSpringfield (866) 933-2257 or visit 430 Beach 129th Street Organization Avenue I Rockaway Pkwy. Canarsie 102nd St. aca.dec.accela.com/dec. Gardens Rockaway | (718) 945-6787 2335 Bergen Avenue Cemetery Penn and Fountain JFK Paerdegat Restored Parks Brooklyn | (718) 531-6600 Bike Shop (Black) Ferry Landing Spring Creek Park Airport Paul Bicycle Shop x124 Bike Rentals (Grey) Basin Boating and Kayaking launch permits are obtained 163 Beach 116th Street Paedergat Ave. N. Canarsie 1.8 mi bbyosports.com through the National Park Service for Gateway launch sites Rockaway Park | (718) 318- Bedford Ave. Bedford Subway St. 56th Marinas Flatlands or through NYC Parks for City Park launch sites. For rules, 2000 Kayak Launch Site Stop Paerdegat Basin 3.8 mi A Smitty’s Fishing Station (Grey: Launch with Rental) Park Preserve regulations, and safety tips, visit nyc.gov/parks. BrookvilleRide Bikes Pro Gear 301 East 9th Road Restrooms Seaview Ave. Brooklyn | (718) 945-2642 Swimming is popular at Jacob Riis Park and Rockaway 4176 Bedford Ave Georgetown Canarsie Brooklyn | (347) 492-6200 Sebago Canoe Club Ride Distance Blvd. Bay Cross Beach. Enjoy! Be aware of rip currents. If caught, swim Marker P100F Rockspot Site Park ridebikeprogear.com 1400 Paerdegat Avenue North Q B Flatbush Ave. parallel to shore until free. To learn about current swimming Brooklyn | (718) 241-3683 conditions, call 311. Bike Rentals sebagocanoeclub.org N Bergen Wheel Fun Rentals 8. Canarsie Marina 59 (Kayak Rentals) Beach McGuire 157 Rockaway Beach Blvd 5 mi to Prospect Park Prospect to mi 5 59-14 Beach Channel Drive Marine Mill Fields Park Pier RockSpot Tour helps you learn about sites in the Queens | (917) 231-6229 Rockaways on your phone or on the web: Far Rockaway | (718) 945-4500 Bath Park Fillmore Ave. Basin Hangar 5, Floyd Bennett Field marina59.com Beach D ➜ CALL: While on a tour, dial (347) 422-7952 and enter Brooklyn | (718) 758-7500 W 6th St. the RockSpot site code (for example, H109) to hear a Community Homecrest Avenue T Kayak & Bike Rentals Firehouse 59 / RWA description of that site. Wheel Fun Rentals Mill 3 mi 5803 Rockaway Beach Bou- Avenue U Avenue U & E 33rd Street Island ➜ TEXT: Text the 4 digits site code to (815) 714-8937 and levard Gerritsen Ave. Brooklyn | (917) 533-6196 Rockaway | (718) 327-5919 Salt Marsh receive text descriptions on your mobile phone device. Nature Center rwalliance.org Cropsey Ave. 2.5 mi Surfing Gravesend ➜ WEB: rockspotnyc.org Boarders Millennium Development 192 Beach 92nd Street 2331 Bergen Avenue 7. Jamaica Bay Rockaway Beach Brooklyn | (718) 444-0101 Bedford Ave. Bedford Wildlife Refuge (718) 318-7997 x115 2.5 mi boarderssurfshop.com milldev.org Ocean Pkwy. Rockaway Beach Surf Shop Sheepshead 2. Marine Park United Community Centers E107 A 177 Beach 116th Street 613 New Lots Avenue Bay Gerritsen 1. Floyd Bennett Field Rockaway | (718) 474-9345 Neptune Ave. Brooklyn | (718) 649-7979 Beach rockawaybeachsurfshop.net ucceny.org Entrance to Visitor Center 2.4 mi New York Surf School N D Fishing Charters S (718) 496-3371 Karen Ann Charters Coney Q F Brighton Emmons Ave. Broad surflessonsnewyork101.com Island Beach 1.1 mi Channel 16245 Cross Bay Boulevard Boardwalk Aviator Jamaica Howard Beach | (516) 728- Q Manhattan Sports Horseback Riding B 1.3 mi Bay Park 6952 Beach Jamaica Bay Riding Academy Oriental Blvd. E100 7000 Shore Parkway karenanncharters.com Brooklyn | (718) 531-8949 3. Plumb horsebackride.com NYC Fly Fishing Cross Bay Blvd. Broad Channel 207 Davis Avenue Beach Rockaway American Park Golf Inwood | (718) 791-2094 Community Brooklyn Golf Center nycflyfishing.com Dubos Park Shore Parkway Greenway P102 Mott Ave. 3200 Flatbush Avenue Coney Island Boardwalk & Manhattan Beach Boardwalk: Walk Bike Across Bridge Point Greenway temporarily not ridable. E101 Brooklyn | (718) 253-6816 Whale Watching Bicycles Permitted 5:00 - 10:00am Only Riders must walk bikes on the sand. LIRR Bayswater brooklyngolfcenter.com American Princess Cruises Somerville Park A State Road and Heinzelman Arts Road E108 Beach Channel Dr. Rockaway Artist Alliance Beach 73 St. 73 Beach Breezy Point | (718) 474-0555 1.7 mi 260 Beach 116th Street Walk Bike Across Bridge Beach 108 St. H104 americanprincesscruises.com Far Rockaway Beach (718) 474-0861 H110 Beach Channel Dr. Edgemere Rockaway Visitor Centers Rockaway Seaside rockawayartistsalliance.org S Arverne Jamaica Bay Wildlife Ref- Belle Park Shore Front Pkwy. Rockaway Theatre Com- uge Visitor Center Riis Harbor Rockaway Beach Blvd. 3.8 mi Beach 9th St. Landing pany Broad Channel | (718) 318- 3.9 mi 6. Rockaway Beach The Post Theater, Building T4 4340 Rockaway Point Blvd. Fort Tilden | (718) 374-6400 Nassau Expy. 3.8 mi Walk Bike Across Bridge rockawaytheatrecompany.org Ryan Visitor Center Neponsit 50 Aviation Road, Floyd Bennet Breezy 4. Fort 6. Rockaway Beach Recreation Centers Field | (718) 338-3799 Silver Point Brooklyn Sports Club Point Tilden County Park Atlantic 5. Jacob Riis Park Rockaway Beach Boardwalk 1540 Van Siclen Avenue Salt Marsh Nature Center Breezy Boardwalk is temporarily closed due to Beach Point storm damage. Between Beach 108th Brooklyn | (718) 642-2720 Avenue U & E 33rd Street Street and Beach 73rd Street cyclists and brooklynsportsclub.com Brooklyn | (718) 421-2021 P105 H109 E106 P107 B100 P100 pedestrians may use Shore Front F102 Firehouse 59 Parkway path. 2014 - 2015 Edition 2015 - 2014 Attractions Projects 1. Floyd Bennett Field 3. Plumb Beach 6. Rockaway Beach 8. Canarsie Pier What’s New in Jamaica Bay? Floyd Bennett Field was originally called Barren Island Plumb Beach is home to endangered shorebirds and Rockaway Beach extends from Beach 9th St to Beach A product of New York’s industrial past, Canarsie Pier Jamaica Bay Greenway Implementation Plan and was the site of a garbage processing facility. In 1931, horseshoe crabs. The beach is a prime location for 149th St. It contains the city’s only surfing area and is was a center for commercial fishing. Today, the pier is The NYC Department of Transportation (NYC it was transformed into New York City’s first municipal sunbathing, parasailing, windsurfing, or launching a ideal for swimming, fishing, sunbathing, volleyball, a great place for fishing, picnicking, and kayaking. For DOT) has been awarded $1.2 million to develop kayak trip. and implement a plan to complete and enhance the airport and served as a major naval air station during basketball, and skating. The boardwalks were hit hard more information, call (718) 763-2202. Jamaica Bay Greenway. In the spring of 2014, NYC WWII. The airport was decommissioned in favor of by Hurricane Sandy and many sections no longer exist. DOT led the first of three community workshop other, larger airports that currently serve the city. As Getting There: Catch the B44/B44-SBS to Shore Pkwy/ However, the Department of Parks and Recreation has Getting There: Catch the L to Canarsie Rockaway Pkwy series. See the front cover for details on upcoming part of Gateway National Recreation Area, it is now one Knapp St, the B4 to Shore Pkwy/Brigham St or the B31 reconstructed new boardwalks around bathrooms and and transfer to the B42 to Canarsie Pier. workshops. of New York’s largest public parks. to Gerritsen Beach. concessions. For more information, visit: nyc.gov/dot. Paerdegat Path NYC DOT has installed a two-way recreational, multi-use trail along the east side of Paerdegat Basin, from Flatlands Avenue to Seaview Avenue on East 76th Street and Paerdegat Avenue North, connecting to Canarsie Park. Greenway Seven Bridges Jamaica Bay Jamaica NYC DOT is reconstructing the Jamaica Bay Greenway bridge passages and certain sections of the Jamaica Bay Greenway. Most recently DOT A Guide to the to Guide A completed the Paerdegat Basin and Fresh Creek Alexander Brash Photo: NYC Parks & Recreation Flickr: oscalito Flickr: gcziko Bridges and a new section of greenway from the Paerdegat Basin Bridge to Canarsie Pier. Floyd Bennett Field is home to numerous outdoor Getting There: Catch the Q52/Q53/Q22 or take the A to Produced by the NYC Department of Transportation in activities including model airplane flying, fishing, 4. Fort Tilden Broad Channel and transfer to the S to Rockaway Park. collaboration with the Jamaica Bay Greenway Coalition: Spring Creek camping, hiking, cycling, bird watching, gardening, and Established as a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Post in Additionally, there are several private shuttles operating American Littoral Society Millenium Development As part of the Spring Creek Hazard Mitigation About golf at the Brooklyn Golf Center. Whether you marvel from Brooklyn, including NYC Beach Bus and Bushwick Brite Leadership Coalition National Park Service Project the National Park Service and NYS at the historic airplanes and hangars or play a game 1917, Fort Tilden was key in the protection of the New Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Partnership for Parks Department of Environmental Conservation are Beach Bus.