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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bay
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coastal inlet → geographic location → |
| accessPoint |
Floyd Bennett Field area
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| 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
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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 State → United States → |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
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| managedBy |
U.S. National Park Service
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| namedAfter |
historic horse-rendering industry in the area
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| near |
Floyd Bennett Field
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Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED → 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 coastline
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Gateway National Recreation Area → Jamaica Bay area → |
| safetyConcern |
sharp glass and metal on shoreline
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unstable eroding landfill banks → |
| timePeriodOfMajorLandfillUse |
mid-20th century
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Jamaica Bay
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hasPart |