Cross Bay Boulevard
Far Rockaway
NY 11691
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: Gateway National Recreation Area
![Hábitat Natural: Ambientes nativos para los animales y las plantas que los sostiene. Puede representar ambientes naturales nativos o áreas protegidas como reservas donde animales más grandes y otras formas de vida silvestre pueden ser encontradas. Hábitat Natural](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_83.gif)
![Hábitat Costero: Lugares a lo largo de los bordes de los cuerpos de agua donde se congrega la vida silvestre. Esta puede estar dentro o a nivel del agua, en la orilla o en áreas adyacentes. Se debe tratar con sensibilidad los hábitats delicados. Hábitat Costero](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_85.gif)
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The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, is one of the most important urban wildlife refuges in the United States. Encompassing 9,155 acres, it is comprised of diverse habitats, including salt marsh, upland field and woods, several fresh and brackish water ponds and an open expanse of bay and islands- all located within the limits of New York City. The Wildlife refuge is nationally and internationally renowned as a prime birding spot where thousands of water, land and shorebirds stop during migration. More than 325 species have been recorded here during the last 25 years.
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