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Bowery Bay seen in 1989, with the wreckage of USAir Flight 5050 in the foreground.
Bowery Bay is a bay off the East River in New York City . It is located near the Ditmars Steinway area in the neighborhood of Astoria in the New York City borough of Queens . It is bordered on the west by the Bowery Bay Water Pollution Control Plant and on the south and east by LaGuardia Airport .[1]
Before the construction of LaGuardia Airport in the late 1920s, the shoreline of Bowery Bay and Flushing Bay , originally called Bowery Bay Beach and later North Beach, was a popular seaside resort. North Beach was the site of a popular amusement park from 1895 to 1915 and was known as "the Coney Island of Queens".[2]
The Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport was originally constructed along the south end of Bowery Bay to accommodate flying boats . From 1940 until 1945, 'Clippers' operated by Pan American Airways provided trans-Atlantic flights from Bowery Bay to Europe.[3] general aviation terminal.
The western edge of Bowery Bay is the site of the Bowery Bay Water Pollution Control Plant, a wastewater treatment plant operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection . The plant opened in 1939 and is capable of treating 150 million US gallons (570,000 m 3 [4] Luyster Creek , a subterranean river , empties into Bowery Bay near the water plant.[5]
The Rikers Island Bridge spans the northern portion of Bowery Bay.
References
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^ Brawarsky, Sandee (March 21, 2003). "An Airport Delay? La Guardia Can Make It an Adventure" . The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved August 15, 2009 .
^ "Wastewater Treatment Plants" . New York City Department of Environmental Protection the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2009 .
^ Kadinsky, Sergey (2016). Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs ISBN 978-1-58157-566-8
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