How to get fromBrooklyn Bridge to Jacob Riis Parkby subway, bus, taxi or car

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There are 6 ways to get from Brooklyn Bridge to Jacob Riis Park by subway, bus, taxi, or car

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Line 2 subway, bus
best
1. Take the subway from Clark St to Flatbush Av-Brooklyn Collegesubway 2
2. Take the bus from Avenue H/Nostrand Av to Rockaway Beach Blvd/Neponsit Hospitalbus Q35
1h 52m
$5–10
Drive 12.6 mi
cheapest
1. Drive from Brooklyn Bridge to Jacob Riis Parkcar 12.6 mi
27 min
$3–4
Bus
1. Take the bus from Lower East Side - 85 Delancey St to Riis Park Beach Bazaarbus To Rockaway Beach
2h 3m
$30
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Brooklyn Bridge to Jacob Riis Parktaxi 12.6 mi
27 min
$50–65
Subway, bus
1. Take the subway from High St to Broad Channelsubway A
2. Take the subway from Broad Channel to Rockaway Park-Beach 116 Stsubway S / ...
3. Take the bus from Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 116 St to Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 149 Stbus Q35
2h 3m
$5–10
Bus via Flatbush Av/Kings Hwy
1. Take the bus from Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St to Flatbush Av/Kings Hwybus B41
2. Take the bus from Flatbush Av/Kings Hwy to Rockaway Beach Blvd/Neponsit Hospitalbus Q35
2h 17m
$3–7

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Distance: 15.5 mi
Duration: 1h 52m

What companies run services between Brooklyn Bridge, NY, USA and Jacob Riis Park, NY, USA?

OVR Ride LLC operates a bus from Lower East Side - 85 Delancey St to Riis Park Beach Bazaar on demand. Tickets cost $30 and the journey takes 1h 15m.

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Jacob Riis Park

Jacob Riis Park, also called Jacob A. Riis Park or Jacob Riis State Park, is a seaside park at the southwestern end the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It lies at the foot of the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, adjacent to the east of Fort Tilden, and west of Neponsit and Rockaway Beach. Originally a city-run park under the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is currently part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, and is managed by the National Park Service (NPS).

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Prospect Park is a 526-acre (213 hectare) public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and the second largest public park in Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas Park and Windsor Terrace, as well as Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Prospect Park is run and operated by the Prospect Park Alliance and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It is part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway.

Brooklyn Bridge(Opens in a new window)

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen (14) years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1595.5 ft and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.

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