Canarsie
Canarsie is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City.
Canarsie is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue, on the north by Linden Boulevard, on the west by Ralph Avenue, on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin, and on the south by Jamaica Bay. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of East Flatbush to the west, Flatlands and Bergen Beach to the southwest, Starrett City to the east, East New York to the northeast, and Brownsville to the north.
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Worth seeing in and around Canarsie
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.
6.3 km · art museum in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia - 02Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally known as the East River Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903.
9.9 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 03Barclays Center
Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Brooklyn, New York City, US. The arena is home to the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events.
7.8 km · arena in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 04Prospect Park
Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Windsor Terrace, and is adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
6.2 km · public park in Brooklyn, New York City · Wikipedia - 05Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolled nearly 14,000 students on a 35-acre campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall 2023.
4.4 km · senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn · Wikipedia - 06Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies 52 acres in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum.
6.1 km · botanical garden in Brooklyn, New York City · Wikipedia - 07Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has an additional campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.
7.7 km · private university in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia - 08Brooklyn Tower
The Brooklyn Tower is a supertall mixed-use, primarily residential skyscraper in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. Developed by JDS Development Group, it is situated on the north side of DeKalb Avenue near Flatbush Avenue.
8.8 km · skyscraper in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia - 09Diocese of Brooklyn
The Diocese of Brooklyn is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
9.5 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 10New York Transit Museum
The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. The main museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
9.3 km · museum in New York City, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Canarsie
- Airports
- John F. Kennedy (JFK), 10 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 15 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 23 km
- Stations
- Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center, 8 km · Jay Street – MetroTech, 9.3 km · Floyd Bennett Field, 5.5 km · Avenue H, 5.2 km · 18th Avenue, 9.1 km
- Philadelphia → Canarsie132 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · $13–17
- Hartford → Canarsie161 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · $15–21
- Albany → Canarsie224 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · $21–28
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Canarsie
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Canarsie. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe [http://www.nywatertaxi.com Water Taxi, at Fulton Ferry Landing, provides service from various points in Manhattan along the East River.
- Get inThe Water Taxi has service between southern Manhattan and Red Hook, often used by customers of the Red Hook Ikea.
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Next door to Canarsie
Canarsie is 4 km from Brooklyn, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Brooklynborough of New York City, New York, United States4.2 km
- Coney Islandcoastal neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA9.9 km
- Williamsburgneighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, USA7.8 km
- Brighton Beachneighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States8.6 km
- Jamaicaneighborhood of Queens, New York City, United States9.7 km
- Bedford–Stuyvesantneighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, United States5.8 km