Belle Harbor | |
|---|---|
 Location within New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°34′30″N 73°51′00″W / 40.575°N 73.85°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| County/Borough | Queens |
| Community District | Queens 14[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11694 |
| Area codes | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor commonly refers to the area from Beach 126th to Beach 141st Streets.[2]
The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14.[3] According to the 2010 United States Census, the neighborhood, coupled with nearby Neponsit, had a population just over 5,400.[4] Belle Harbor was the site of the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which killed 265 people.
- ^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ Lucadamo, Kathleen. "Belle Harbor, Beautiful and Resilient; The Queens beachfront neighborhood has come back from tragedy more than once", The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2015. Accessed July 21, 2016. "Belle Harbor stretches along Rockaway Beach from 126th to 141st streets and is four blocks wide."
- ^ Queens Boards, New York City. Accessed January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Census Nonsense" Archived July 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Wave. Accessed January 27, 2012.