Dead Horse Bay
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Dead Horse Bay is a coastal inlet in Brooklyn, New York, known for its exposed shoreline littered with historical debris and glass bottles from a former landfill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Horse Bay canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
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coastal inlet ⓘ geographic location ⓘ |
| accessPoint |
Floyd Bennett Field
ⓘ
surface form:
Floyd Bennett Field area
|
| attracts |
artists and photographers
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beachcombers ⓘ local historians ⓘ urban explorers ⓘ |
| culturalPerception |
example of long-term environmental impact of landfilling
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informal outdoor museum of New York City’s trash history ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
ongoing shoreline erosion exposing landfill waste
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plastic and glass pollution ⓘ potential contamination from historic waste ⓘ |
| hasHistoryAs |
area used for industrial waste disposal
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site of a municipal landfill ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfDebris |
ceramic fragments
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glass bottles from early 20th century ⓘ household objects from past decades ⓘ metal scraps ⓘ rubber and leather items ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
dumping ground for dead animals and industrial byproducts
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landfill for New York City garbage ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal land
ⓘ
managed within Gateway National Recreation Area regulations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exposed shoreline littered with historical debris
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large numbers of old glass bottles ⓘ remnants of a former landfill ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
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New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| namedAfter | historic horse-rendering industry in the area ⓘ |
| near |
Floyd Bennett Field
ⓘ
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge ⓘ Rockaway Peninsula ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
eroding landfill layers exposed along the shoreline
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fragments of ceramics, shoes, and metal objects ⓘ marshland and coastal habitat nearby ⓘ visible household artifacts from early to mid-1900s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brooklyn waterfront
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surface form:
Brooklyn coastline
Gateway National Recreation Area ⓘ Jamaica Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaica Bay area
|
| safetyConcern |
sharp glass and metal on shoreline
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unstable eroding landfill banks ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorLandfillUse | mid-20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.