Gravesend

Worth seeing in and around Gravesend

9 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.

1. 01
   Brooklyn 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.

   3.9 km · senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Luna Park

   Luna Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1903 to 1944. The park was located on a site bounded by Surf Avenue to the south, West 8th Street to the east, Neptune Avenue to the north, and West 12th Street to the west.

   2.5 km · 1903 Coney Island amusement park · Wikipedia
3. 03
   New York Aquarium

   The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded at Castle Garden in Battery Park, Manhattan, in 1896, and moved to Coney Island in 1957.

   2.7 km · aquarium in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Astroland

   Astroland was a 3.1-acre amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City that opened in 1962. It was located at 1000 Surf Avenue on the boardwalk.

   2.9 km · amusement park · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Marine Park

   Marine Park is a public park located on Jamaica Bay in the neighborhood of Marine Park in Brooklyn, New York. Its 798 acres surround the westernmost inlet of the bay.

   3.7 km · public park in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia
6. 06
   New York's 8th congressional district

   New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is currently represented by Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader.

   5.3 km · U.S. House district in Brooklyn and Queens, NY · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wonder Wheel

   The Wonder Wheel is a 150-foot-tall eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The wheel is located on a plot bounded by West 12th Street to the west, Bowery Street to the north, Luna Park to the east, and the Riegelmann Boardwalk to the south.

   2.9 km · Ferris wheel in Coney Island · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Dreamland

   Dreamland was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1904 to 1911. It was the last of the three original large parks built on Coney Island, along with Steeplechase Park and Luna Park.

   2.8 km · early 20th-century amusement park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Basilica of Regina Pacis

   The Basilica of Regina Pacis is a Catholic parish church located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The church was built as a votive shrine, within the then-Parish of St.

   4.6 km · church in Brooklyn, New York · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gravesend

Airports

John F. Kennedy (JFK), 16 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 20 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 21 km

Stations

Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue, 2.6 km · 18th Avenue, 3.3 km · Bay Parkway, 2.5 km · 20th Avenue, 2.9 km · 25th Avenue, 1.8 km

• Philadelphia → Gravesend

  124 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · $12–17
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• Hartford → Gravesend

  168 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · $15–21
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• Albany → Gravesend

  229 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · $21–28
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