AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Jamaica Bay Unit

Bergen Beach–Floyd Bennett Field Beach, 5 beaches

8.8 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Bergen Beach–Floyd Bennett Field Beach, 5 beaches is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Neponsit, NY. The route passes Floyd Bennett Field Beach and Return-A-Gift Pond before reaching Bergen Beach at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 33 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beach Channel Drive Greenway 40.57360, -73.86705
Nearest town Neponsit, NY
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Bergen Beach–Floyd Bennett Field Beach, 5 beaches

8.8 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Elevation -1–33 ft

Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit

Trailhead: Beach Channel Drive Greenway · 40.57360, -73.86705

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Transit-accessible: Newport Avenue & Beach 146th Street stop 304 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miPass Floyd Bennett Field Beach.
  4. 0.8 miPass Return-A-Gift Pond.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Jamaica Bay Greenway, heading NW.
  6. 1.2 miPass Bergen Beach.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftReach Bergen Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading S.
  15. 2.1 miTurn left onto Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading E.
  16. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/floyd-bennett-field-beach-beach-channel-drive-greenway-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

90% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Newport Avenue & Beach 146th Street stop 304 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Neponsit, New York