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Encyclopedia > Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west. In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... This article is about the geomorphological/geopolitical term; MAINLAND is also a cheese brand owned by Fonterra, a New Zealand dairy company. ... // Headline text For other uses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Image of Coney Island (middle left of picture) taken by NASA. The peninsula at right is Rockaway, Queens. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ...


The bay itself was originally the easterly entrance to Coney Island Creek but filling of the central part of this waterway during the 1930s in conjunction with construction of the Shore Parkway portion of the Belt Parkway eliminated access to the creek. At the same time the bay was widened at its western end, deepened and bulkheaded. It is now the home of recreational fishing fleets. Coney Island Creek was a strait connecting Gravesend Bay and Sheepshead Bay, both connnected to the Atlantic Ocean, and separating the main portion of Kings County, New York from Coney Island. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Belt Parkway, or Belt System or Circumferential Parkway is a series of New York City limited-access highways that form a complete circle around the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. ... A running stream. ...


Sheepshead Bay is named for the sheepshead, an edible fish once found in the bay's waters. Binomial name Archosargus probatocephalus Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) is a marine fish that grows to 30 in (760 mm), are deep and compressed in body shape with 5 to 6 dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ...


Community and location

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The community on the mainland shore of the bay is also known as Sheepshead Bay, while that on the Coney Island side is known as Manhattan Beach. Sheepshead Bay is a mostly residential community, with significant restaurant and tourist facilities near the shore, businesses which had fallen into decline after World War II but have enjoyed substantial revival, especially with the influx of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Israel, the Philippines, Poland, and Guyana. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 302 KB) Summary Typical Sheepshead bay street, day after a snowfall. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 302 KB) Summary Typical Sheepshead bay street, day after a snowfall. ... Manhattan Beach is a beach on the Atlantic Ocean situated on the eastern end of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...


Sheepshead Bay is served by the Sheepshead Bay station on the BMT B and Q lines. There are also "Gravesend Neck Road" and "Avenue U" stations where on Q train stops. Sheepshead Bay is a station of the Brighton Beach Line of the BMT division of the New York Subway. ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...


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  • Snow-Covered Sheepshead bay (photo gallery) Sheepshead bay in Springtime

Sheepshead Bay is located at 40°15′N 72°57′W.

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Neighborhoods: Sheepshead Bay -- Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, New York's 9th District (498 words)
Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, overlooking an ocean inlet of the same name to its south and bordered to the north by Marine Park, to the east by Shell Bank Creek, to the south by Manhattan Beach, and to the west by Gravesend.
By 1960, Sheepshead Bay was the fastest-growing community in Brooklyn.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the city developed plans for Sheepshead Bay that provided for the improvement of the piers, private residential and retail construction, an esplanade along Emmons Avenue.
Sheepshead Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (278 words)
Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west.
Sheepshead Bay is a mostly residential community, with significant restaurant and tourist facilities near the shore, businesses which had fallen into decline after World War II but have enjoyed substantial revival, especially with the influx of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Israel, the Philippines, Poland, and Guyana.
Sheepshead Bay is served by the Sheepshead Bay station on the BMT B and Q lines.
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