United States Merchant Marine Academy, North Hempstead

Name: United States Merchant Marine Academy
Address: 300 Steamboat Rd, North Hempstead, 11024-1634, United States
Telephone: +1 516-726-6047

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The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its students to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine, branches of the military, and the transportation industry. Midshipmen are trained in different fields such as marine engineering, navigation, ship's administration, maritime law, personnel management, international law, customs, and many other subjects important to the task of running a large ship. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1943 (81 years ago)Coordinates: 40°48'47"N, 73°45'43"W

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300 Steamboat RdKings PointNorth Hempstead 11024-1634 United States

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+1 516-726-6047

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Day trips

United States Merchant Marine Academy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Udalls Cove, Ferry Point Park, Fort Totten, Grace Episcopal Church.

2.5 miS
Park
Udalls Cove, Floral Park
65 min walk • Udalls Cove is a marshland and wetland area located in Queens, New York City, off Little Neck Bay between Douglaston and Little Neck Bay.
3.7 miW
Golf, Outdoor activities
Ferry Point Park, New York City
95 min walk • Ferry Point Park is a 413.8-acre park in the Bronx, New York City. The park site is a peninsula projecting into the East River roughly opposite the College Point and Malba neighborhoods of Queens.
1.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Fort Totten, New York City
41 min walk • Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the Willets Point peninsula on the north shore of Long Island.
2.2 miNW
Church
Grace Episcopal Church, New York City
58 min walk • Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 116 City Island Avenue in The Bronx, New York, New York. The church was built in 1862 in the Carpenter Gothic style, and the rectory was built around that year in the Italian Villa style.
2.7 miW
Church
St. Frances de Chantal's Church, New York City
70 min walk • The Church of St. Frances de Chantal is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Harding Avenue at Throggs Neck Blvd. Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1927.
1.7 miW
Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge, New York City
45 min walk • The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound.
1.6 miW
Museum, History museum, Military museum
Fort Schuyler, New York City
42 min walk • Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It houses a museum, the Stephen B.
1.7 miSE
Synagogue, Temple
Temple Beth-El, Long Island
44 min walk • Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue at 5 Old Mill Road in Great Neck, New York. Founded in 1928, it is the oldest synagogue in Great Neck. As of 2009, it had a membership of 875 families. Since 2009, the senior rabbis have been a married couple: Meir and Tara Feldman.
1.6 miW
Lighthouse
Throgs Neck Light, New York City
42 min walk • Throgs Neck Lighthouse in the Bronx, New York, United States was a wooden lighthouse that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in the Long Island Sound from running up against the rocks.
2.3 miS
40°46'47"N • 73°46'6"W
Bayside Marina, New York City
60 min walk • Sailing, Park, Marina
3.1 miE
Village
Plandome Heights
79 min walk • Plandome Heights is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The population was 1,005 at the 2010 census.