Hoffman Island, New York City

Name: Hoffman Island
Address: New York City, United States

#1948 among attractions in New York City

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Hoffman Island is an 11-acre artificial island in the Lower New York Bay, off the South Beach of Staten Island, New York City. A smaller, 4-acre artificial island, Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south. Created in 1873 upon the Orchard Shoal by the addition of landfill, the island is named for former New York City mayor and New York Governor John Thompson Hoffman. ()

Alternative names: Area: 11.12 acres (0.0174 mi²)Coordinates: 40°34'44"N, 74°3'13"W

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Hoffman Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Harbor Defense Museum, John Paul Jones Park, Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course.

2 miN
Elegant span connecting 2 NYC boroughs
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, New York City
51 min walk • Spanning the narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is an iconic feature of New York City's skyline. This majestic suspension bridge, completed in 1964, was once the world's longest suspension bridge span.
2.4 miNE
Museum, Military museum
Harbor Defense Museum, New York City
61 min walk • The Harbor Defense Museum, sometimes called The Caponier, located within the grounds of Fort Hamilton in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn is a 19th-century fort, New York City's only military museum and one of only seventy military museums in the United States that is funded and operated by the Defense Department.
2.4 miNE
Park
John Paul Jones Park, New York City
63 min walk • John Paul Jones Park is a public park located in Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The park borders Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, 101st Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway.
2.9 miNE
Golf
Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course, New York City
75 min walk • The Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course is a public park and a municipal, 18-hole, championship golf course in the southernmost part of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, in New York City, United States.
2.6 miE
Park
Coney Island Creek Park, Sea Gate
67 min walk • Coney Island Creek Park is a public park on the northwestern coast of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City. It abuts Coney Island Creek, Gravesend Bay, and Kaiser Park and is across Coney Island Creek from Calvert Vaux Park and Six Diamonds Park.
2.5 miN
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Alice Austen House, New York City
65 min walk • The Alice Austen House, also known as Clear Comfort, is located at 2 Hylan Boulevard in the Rosebank section of Staten Island, New York City, New York.
1.8 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place
Battery Weed, New York City
47 min walk • Battery Weed is a four-tiered 19th century fortification guarding the Narrows, the main approach from the Atlantic Ocean to New York City.
2.6 miNE
Park
John J Carty Park, Sea Gate
67 min walk • John J. Carty Park, also known as Rubber Park, is located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This park honors John J. Carty, a native of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who lived his life only five blocks away and dedicated himself to New York City government for 32 years.
2.2 miE
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Coney Island Light, New York City
57 min walk • Coney Island Light is a lighthouse located in Sea Gate, on the west end of Coney Island, Brooklyn, in New York City, east of New York Harbor's main channel. The lighthouse was first established in 1890. The current tower was first lit in 1920 and is still operational. It was automated in 1989.
1.2 miW
Park, Beach
South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, New York City
30 min walk • The South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, alternately referred to as the FDR Boardwalk or the South Beach Boardwalk, is a boardwalk facing the Lower New York Bay on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City.
1.6 miN
Lighthouse
Fort Wadsworth Light, New York City
41 min walk • Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor. It is located under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.