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Jamaica Bay Unit

Floyd Bennett Field Beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway

3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Floyd Bennett Field Beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Jamaica Bay Unit near Gerritsen, NY. The route passes Floyd Bennett Field Beach before reaching Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 at the turnaround, 1.8 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 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flatbush Avenue Greenway 40.59044, -73.90068
Nearest town Gerritsen, NY
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Floyd Bennett Field Beach & Jacob Riis Park Beach 11 via Flatbush Avenue Greenway

3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation -1–20 ft

Out & Back · Jamaica Bay Unit

Trailhead: Flatbush Avenue Greenway · 40.59044, -73.90068

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

Transit-accessible: Flatbush Avenue & NPS Ryan Visitor Center stop 334 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Floyd Bennett Field Beach.
  3. 1.8 miPass Jacob Riis Park Beach 11.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Beach Channel Drive Greenway, heading S.
  5. 100 ftReach Floyd Bennett Field Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Flatbush Avenue Greenway, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 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-jacob-riis-park-beach-11-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Flatbush Avenue & NPS Ryan Visitor Center stop 334 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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