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.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 20 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.56750, -73.88283
Nearest town Roxbury, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Jacob Riis Park Beach 11.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miReach Dead Horse Bay beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading NE.
  8. 1 miBear right onto Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading S.
  9. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

79% paved21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

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

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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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