Jamaica Bay Unit
Dead Horse Bay beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway
2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 54 min
Dead Horse Bay beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Roxbury, NY. The route passes Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 before reaching Dead Horse Bay beach at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dead Horse Bay beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway
2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 54 min
Elevation -1–20 ft
Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit
Trailhead: 40.56750, -73.88283
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Beach 169th Street & Rockaway Point Boulevard stop 41 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Jacob Riis Park Beach 11.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Dead Horse Bay beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Beach 169th Street & Rockaway Point Boulevard stop 41 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
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