Reynolds Channel is a

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that separates

Long Beach Barrier Island Long Beach is one of the outer barrier islands off the south coast of Long Island, New York, United States. Long Beach is the westernmost of these barrier islands, fronting on Reynolds Channel to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. ...

, which contains the City of

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and the villages of Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout, from

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, Harbor Isle, and various uninhabited islands between Long Beach Island and Long Island. The channel begins at the

East Rockaway Inlet The East Rockaway Inlet is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Rockaway Peninsula from the barrier island which includes the Nassau County, New York communities of Atlantic Beach, Long Beach and Lido Beach. The inlet is on the south ...

to the west, and ends at Point Lookout to the east, where it merges with the

Jones Inlet Jones Inlet is located at the westernmost end of the long Jones Beach barrier island that runs along Long Island's south shore. The inlet separates Jones Beach State Park's West End from the community of Point Lookout and connects South Oyste ...

. The channel is named after William H. Reynolds, a developer and former State Senator who greatly built up Long Beach Island in the early 20th century.

Bridges over the channel

There are four

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s that cross Reynolds channel: * The

Atlantic Beach Bridge The Atlantic Beach Bridge is a long toll drawbridge carrying NY 878, connecting Lawrence and Atlantic Beach (Park Street), New York, while passing over the west end of Reynolds Channel. The bridge also provides direct access to the Roc ...

, which carries NY-878 over the channel. * The

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, which carries the

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of the

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over the channel. * The

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, which carries Long Beach Road over the channel. * The

Loop Parkway The Loop Parkway (also known as the Loop) is a parkway in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It serves the barrier islands south of Long Island itself, beginning on Long Beach Barrier Island at an intersection with Lido Boulevard in ...

Bridge, which carries the Loop Parkway over the channel.

References

Long Beach, New York Straits of New York (state) Hempstead, New York Bodies of water of Nassau County, New York {{NassauCountyNY-geo-stub

Bridges over the channel

See also

References