Bayswater Point State Park, New York City

#2033 among attractions in New York City

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Bayswater Point State Park is a 17-acre state park located on Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York. The park is located at the western end of Mott Avenue in Bayswater near Far Rockaway and is built on land that once housed the mansion and estate of banker Louis A. Heinsheimer. ()

Created: 1991Visitors per year: 17.6 thous.Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°36'46"N, 73°46'18"W

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Rockaway Peninsula (Far Rockaway)New York City United States

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Bayswater Point State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rockaway Playland, Jamaica Bay, Inwood Country Club, Far Rockaway Skate Park.

3.2 miSW
Amusement, Motel, Amusement park
Rockaway Playland, New York City
81 min walk • Rockaways' Playland was an amusement park that operated from 1902 to 1987 in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York City. Bounded by Beach 97th and Beach 98th Streets between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, Rockaways' Playland was created in 1902 by roller coaster designer LaMarcus Adna Thompson.
3.7 miW
Large wetland estuary with islands
Jamaica Bay, New York City
94 min walk • Jamaica Bay is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The estuary is partially man-made, and partially natural.
1 miNE
Golf
Inwood Country Club, Long Island
26 min walk • Inwood Country Club is a private club specializing in Golf, Tennis & Beach Club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and just southeast of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1.8 miSE
Park
Far Rockaway Skate Park, Long Beach
46 min walk • Far Rockaway Skate Park is a public skate park on the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, opened in 2011. The park is open dawn till dusk and is unsupervised. In addition to skateboarding, scooters and inline skates are permitted.
3.3 miNE
Synagogue
Congregation Aish Kodesh, Long Island
85 min walk • Congregation Aish Kodesh is an Orthodox synagogue in Woodmere, New York. Led since its founding in 1992 by Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, the synagogue was named after the Piaseczna Rav, Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, known by the name of his last work, Aish Kodesh, who was a leading Polish Hasidic rabbi in prewar Europe.
2.7 miSW
Synagogue
Temple of Israel Synagogue, New York City
68 min walk • Temple of Israel Synagogue is the name of a building "built in 1921 to replace an earlier synagogue that was destroyed by fire." At present it houses a non-denominational Pentecostal church. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
3.4 miN
Park
Springfield Park, New York City
88 min walk • Springfield Park is a public park in Springfield Gardens, in southeast Queens, New York City. It consists of 23.54 acres, including the sizable Springfield Lake at its center.
2.9 miSW
Bridge
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, New York City
74 min walk • The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
1.3 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway, New York City
34 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway, formerly known as the Russell Sage Memorial Church, is a historic Presbyterian church in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was commissioned by Olivia Slocum Sage as a memorial to her late husband, Russell Sage, as they used to summer in the area.
2 miE
Museum, History museum
Rock Hall Museum, Long Beach
51 min walk • Rock Hall is a historic home located at Lawrence in Nassau County, New York. It was built about 1767 and stands on a manorial, park-like setting overlooking Jamaica Bay. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian-style frame dwelling, with a T-shaped frame wing. It is five bays wide, with a central portico shielding the main entry.
1.7 miSE
Park
O'Donohue Park, New York City
45 min walk • O'Donohue Park is a public green space located in the Far Rockaway neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens in New York City. The park is located at the eastern tip of the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk.