Rat Island (Bronx)
Rat Island is a privately owned island in New York City.
Rat Island is a privately owned island in New York City. It is approximately 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) in size and located in City Island Harbor, which is a part of Long Island Sound. It is about halfway between City Island and Hart Island and south of High Island. It is one of the Pelham Islands.
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Worth seeing in and around Rat Island (Bronx)
8 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.
2.6 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.
1.6 km · Public beach in New York City · Wikipedia - 03Stepping Stones Light
Stepping Stones Light is a Victorian-style lighthouse in Long Island Sound, in Nassau County, New York. The lighthouse is square-shaped and made of red brick, standing one-and-a-half stories high.
3.4 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 04City 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.
1.1 km · bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck · Wikipedia - 05Pelham 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.
3.3 km · railroad bridge in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia - 06Bartow-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.
2.8 km · landmark and museum located in Pelham Bay Park, New York City · Wikipedia - 07Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 116 City Island Avenue in The Bronx, New York, New York. The church was built in 1862 in the Carpenter Gothic style, and the rectory was built around that year in the Italian Villa style.
1.6 km · church building in The Bronx, United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Pelham Bridge
The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River.
3 km · bridge in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rat Island (Bronx)
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 12 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 24 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 38 km
- Hartford → Rat Island (Bronx)136 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · $13–17
- Philadelphia → Rat Island (Bronx)154 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · $14–20
- Albany → Rat Island (Bronx)200 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · $19–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rat 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 Rat 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 Rat Island (Bronx)
Rat Island (Bronx) is 7 km from The Bronx, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hart Islandisland in the Bronx, New York City, United States, at the western end of Long Island Sound900 m
- City Islandisland and neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City1 km
- Hunter Islandpeninsula in the Bronx, New York City, United States2.5 km
- High Islandisland in the Bronx, New York City, United States700 m
- The Blauzesislands in the Bronx, New York City, United States, part of the Pelham Islands900 m
- Country Clubneighborhood in The Bronx, New York City3.7 km