Broad Channel, Queens
E915264
Broad Channel, Queens is a small residential neighborhood on an island in Jamaica Bay, known for its tight-knit community, waterfront homes, and location within the Gateway National Recreation Area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broad Channel, Queens canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11280801 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Broad Channel, Queens Context triple: [Broad Channel station, locatedIn, Broad Channel, Queens]
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A.
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center is a New York City Subway station in Queens that serves the Queens Center Mall and the surrounding Rego Park area.
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B.
Whitestone
"Whitestone" is a jazz album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Pass, showcasing his sophisticated improvisational style and harmonic mastery.
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C.
Whitestone
Whitestone is a primarily residential neighborhood in the northern part of Queens, New York City, known for its suburban feel and waterfront views along the East River.
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D.
New Dorp Lane
New Dorp Lane is a primary commercial thoroughfare in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, lined with shops, restaurants, and local businesses.
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E.
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard)
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard) is a major New York City Subway terminal station in Astoria, Queens, serving as the northern terminus of the BMT Astoria Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Broad Channel, Queens Target entity description: Broad Channel, Queens is a small residential neighborhood on an island in Jamaica Bay, known for its tight-knit community, waterfront homes, and location within the Gateway National Recreation Area.
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A.
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center
Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Center is a New York City Subway station in Queens that serves the Queens Center Mall and the surrounding Rego Park area.
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B.
Whitestone
"Whitestone" is a jazz album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Pass, showcasing his sophisticated improvisational style and harmonic mastery.
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C.
Whitestone
Whitestone is a primarily residential neighborhood in the northern part of Queens, New York City, known for its suburban feel and waterfront views along the East River.
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D.
New Dorp Lane
New Dorp Lane is a primary commercial thoroughfare in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, lined with shops, restaurants, and local businesses.
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E.
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard)
Queens (Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard) is a major New York City Subway terminal station in Astoria, Queens, serving as the northern terminus of the BMT Astoria Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neighborhood
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Howard Beach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
JFK International Airport area across Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode |
347
ⓘ
718 ⓘ 929 ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| communityDistrict | Queens Community District 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Queens County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fireService | FDNY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | New York City Council ⓘ |
| hasCommunityOrganization | Broad Channel Civic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elevated subway trestle across Jamaica Bay
ⓘ
marshland surroundings ⓘ small-town character ⓘ |
| knownFor |
location within Gateway National Recreation Area
ⓘ
tight-knit community ⓘ waterfront homes ⓘ |
| landUse | primarily residential ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gateway National Recreation Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableEvent | severe damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 ⓘ |
| partOf | Rockaway Peninsula area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policePrecinct | NYPD 100th Precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreationArea | Gateway National Recreation Area – Jamaica Bay Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBySubwayLine | IND Rockaway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBySubwayStation | Broad Channel station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Atlantic hurricane impacts
ⓘ
coastal flooding risk ⓘ |
| subwayService |
A
ⓘ
Rockaway Park Shuttle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportationMode |
MTA bus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetDaylightSavingTime | −04:00 ⓘ |
| UTCOffsetStandardTime | −05:00 ⓘ |
| waterBody | Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ZIPCode | 11693 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Broad Channel, Queens Description of subject: Broad Channel, Queens is a small residential neighborhood on an island in Jamaica Bay, known for its tight-knit community, waterfront homes, and location within the Gateway National Recreation Area.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.