 A kayaker rests during an excursion to Ruffle Bar led by the National Park Service | |
  Ruffle Bar | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, New York City, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°35′58″N 73°51′28″W / 40.599519°N 73.857715°W |
| Area | 143 acres (58 ha) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (1950) |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) |
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Ruffle Bar is a 143-acre (58 ha) island located in Jamaica Bay in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, off the coast of Canarsie.[1][2] The island is part of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and lies just east of the former Barren Island, where Floyd Bennett Field is now located.
- ^ "Ruffle Bar (New York)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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