Great Neck, New York Travel Information

Bedford-Stuyvesant Bedford-Stuyvesant, the district that made history by electing the first black woman to the U.S. Congress (Shirley Chisholm), had become synonymous with “ghetto” by the 1970s. Comedian Chris Rock now ... Brooklyn, NY

Bushwick In tracing the history of Bushwick, one of the five original Kings County towns founded by the Dutch (as Boswijck in 1661), two words are bound to come up: beer and blackout. Bushwick’s brewing indust... Brooklyn, NY

Crown Heights Crown Heights. It’s one of those places, like Selma or Kent State, forever linked in people’s minds with a violent event. For Crown Heights, it was three days of rioting in August 1991 that ensued whe... Brooklyn, NY

Cypress Hills and Highland Park “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn,” goes the title of a short story by Thomas Wolfe. He lived way over west in Cobble Hill, but the aphorism could apply to the easternmost nook of Brooklyn, where about 20 ... Brooklyn, NY

East New York and Canarsie Pier In 1835, a Connecticut businessman named John Pitkin bought up land in the eastern reaches of Brooklyn with plans to create a city to rival Manhattan: East New York. An economic bulwark and employer o... Brooklyn, NY

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Great Neck (Distance: 0.6 mi) This is a pleasant ride around the Great Neck peninsula, an area very much in demand by people who wish to remain within easy traveling distance of New York City while living in gracious suburban surr...

Great Neck, NY - Road Biking - length:13 mi

Douglas Manor (Distance: 1.0 mi) Douglas Manor Douglas Manor is a community of cozy-looking houses set on a peninsula that juts into Little Neck Bay at the eastern end of Queens County. In summer this is a very popular place for shor...

Kings Point, NY - Walking - length:2.5 mi

Manhasset - Port Washington (Distance: 1.8 mi) This ride takes you through some of the finest residential areas on Long Island. The Port Washington peninsula, or Manhasset Neck, is the site of a number of communities of impressive homes and estate...

Manhasset, NY - Road Biking - length:17 mi

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Distance: 1.9 mi) Although fenced and entered through a guarded gate, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point is open to the public daily, and the eighty-two-acre grounds, formerly the estate of automobile magn...

Kings Point, NY - Walking - length:0.5 mi

Alley Pond Park (Distance: 3.0 mi) Home to the Alley Pond Giant, the oldest known tree in New York City, this park is the second largest in the borough but considerably less well known. Visit the site of New Yorks first nature trail an...

Lake Succss, NY - Hiking - length:3.2 mi

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Plandome Plandome Country Club, Inc Private Equity, 18 holes 6450 yards, par 71 1.9 miles from center of Great Neck, New York

Fresh Meadow Fresh Meadow Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6700 yards, par 70 2.0 miles from center of Great Neck, New York

Lake Success Village Lake Success Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6294 yards, par 70 2.7 miles from center of Great Neck, New York

North Hempstead North Hempstead Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6293 yards, par 70 2.8 miles from center of Great Neck, New York

North Hills North Hills Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6472 yards, par 72 3.1 miles from center of Great Neck, New York

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