Hunter Island (Bronx)
Hunter Island is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States.
Hunter Island is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound, along the sound's northwestern shore, and is part of Pelham Bay Park in the northeastern part of the Bronx. Hunter Island initially covered 215 acres (87 ha) and was one of the Pelham Islands, the historical name for a group of islands in western Long Island Sound that once belonged to Thomas Pell. The island is connected to another former island, Twin Island, on the northeast.
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Worth seeing in and around Hunter Island (Bronx)
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.
- 01Pelham Bay Park
Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City.
1.9 km · public park in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia - 02Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach is the only public beach in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The 115-acre, 1.1-mile-long beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound.
1.2 km · Public beach in New York City · Wikipedia - 03City Island Bridge
The City Island Bridge is a bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck on the mainland. The original bridge, which carried vehicles from 1901 to 2015, was replaced by the current bridge, which opened in 2017.
2.2 km · bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck · Wikipedia - 04Pelham Bay Bridge
The Pelham Bay Bridge, also known as the Amtrak Hutchinson River Bridge, is a two-track movable railroad bridge that carries the Northeast Corridor over the Hutchinson River in the Bronx, New York, upstream from the vehicular/pedestrian Pelham Bridge. It is owned by Amtrak, which provides passenger service, and is used by CSX Transportation and the Providence & Worcester Railroad for freight traffic.
2.7 km · railroad bridge in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia - 05Trinity-St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Trinity-St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
3.7 km · church building in New York, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06Freedomland U.S.A.
Freedomland U.S.A. was a theme park dedicated to American history in the Baychester section of the North Bronx in New York City, United States. Freedomland was built on marshland owned by the Webb and Knapp company, of which William Zeckendorf Sr.
3.2 km · Theme park in New York City (1960–1964) · Wikipedia - 07Bartow-Pell Mansion
The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx. The two-story building, designed in the mid-19th century by an unknown architect, has a Greek Revival facade and federal interiors and is the last surviving manor house in the Pelham Bay Park area.
1.4 km · landmark and museum located in Pelham Bay Park, New York City · Wikipedia - 08Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site is a church and National Historic Site in Mount Vernon, New York, just north of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Established in 1765, Saint Paul's Church is one of New York's oldest parishes and was used as a military hospital after the American Revolutionary War Battle of Pell's Point in 1776.
3.5 km · national Historic Site of the United States · Wikipedia - 09First Presbyterian Church and Lewis Pintard House
The First Presbyterian Church and Lewis Pintard House is a pair of adjacent historic buildings in downtown New Rochelle, New York, United States. The church and its adjoining manse, the Pintard House, are on a 3-acre lot.
3.2 km · church building in New York, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10Knickerbocker Building
The Knickerbocker Building is an eclectic, Dutch Colonial Revivalindustrial building located at 50-52 Webster Avenue in the city of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.
3.2 km · building in New York, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hunter Island (Bronx)
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 13 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 26 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 38 km
- Hartford → Hunter Island (Bronx)137 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $13–17
- Philadelphia → Hunter Island (Bronx)153 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · $14–20
- Albany → Hunter Island (Bronx)200 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · $19–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Hunter Island (Bronx)
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 Hunter Island (Bronx). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIf you happen to be staying in or venturing to the southeast Bronx, consider taking a NYC Ferry to the Soundview (connections to buses Bx39 and Bx27) or Throgs Neck docks (free parking) for a more unique experience than riding the subway underground (you'll do plenty of that in NYC).
- Get aroundIf the salt water views are making you thirsty, grab a drink at the ferry's snack bar.
- Get aroundThe fare is a flat $4 with free transfers to other ferries for 120 minutes.
- Get aroundCheck the official NYC Ferry website for current maps and schedules.
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Next door to Hunter Island (Bronx)
Hunter Island (Bronx) is 7 km from The Bronx, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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