Glass Bottle Beach (New York City, New York)
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beach, abandoned / shut down, landfill site / rubbish/garbage dump, radiation, radioactive, closed
Glass Bottle Beach was an active dump site from 1949-1967 at southern Brooklyn’s Dead Horse Bay. Closed because of radioactive contamination since 2020.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Horse_Bay
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°35'3"N 73°53'51"W
- Jones Beach State Park 27 km
- Delaware Seashore State Park 235 km
- Ocean City, Maryland 259 km
- Virginia Beach, Virginia 454 km
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore 559 km
- Cape Lookout National Seashore 660 km
- Onslow Beach 731 km
- Topsail Island 749 km
- Surf City, North Carolina 757 km
- Masonboro Island 794 km
- Barren Island 0.8 km
- (West) Rockaway Inlet 1.4 km
- The Rockaways 5.1 km
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 6 km
- Canarsie 6.2 km
- Queens 7.7 km
- Brooklyn 7.8 km
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK) 11 km
- Southwest Queens 12 km
- Greater Jamaica Area 14 km