Where in the Bay?
Agency ABC
Bay Celebrities
Fun in the Bay
Jamaica Bay Jargon
100

What major airport is located in Jamaica Bay?

What is John F. Kennedy Airport?(JFK or Kennedy Airport is also acceptable)

100

This agency has restored nearly 140 acres of Jamaica Bay marshland in the last ten years?

What is the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE)?

100

This celebrity mostly like drinks 'Lemonade' while sailing on her yacht named 'The Jamaica Bay'

Who is Beyonce?

100

Park rangers lead kayaking trips from this Jamaica Bay spot.

What is Canarsie Pier?

100

Jamaica Bay is this kind of body of water that has both salt and fresh water. 

What is an estuary? 

200

Jamaica Bay is surrounded by these many counties?

What is three?

200

Partnered with the National Park Service, this agency restored several sections the Jamaica Bay Greenway that gives walking and biking access to over 10,000 acres of federal, state and city parkland. 



What is Regional Planning Association (RPA)?

200

This 1970s American Punk Rock Band made “Rockaway Beach” a hit.

Who are The Ramones?

200

This Park's North Forty Natural Area is available for cross country skiing in winter.

What is Floyd Bennett Field. 

200

This activity has deepened the Bay 13 times its original depth in some area, contributing to more powerful waves but also improving water quality.

What is dredging?

300

This bridge connects the Rockaways with Brooklyn. 

What is Gil Hodges Bridge OR Marine Parkway Bridge?

300

This many federal, state, and city agencies have jurisdiction over Jamaica Bay?

What is 25?

300

This weatherman of NBC's 'Today Show' was born in Canarsie.  

Who is Al Roker?

300
In Bay 9 of this Queens Beach, the annual Beach Bazaar draws thosands with lobster boils, pop-up shops, and live DJs. 

What is Jacob Riis OR Riis Beach?

300

This raised piece of ground that runs alongside a body of water can be used as a buffer against storm surge on beaches. 

What is a berm?

400

The Jamaica Bay Riding Academy, lauded as one of the best equestrian academies on the East Coast is located in this Brooklyn neighborhood

What is Bergen Beach?

400

This agency completed the Ecology Park on Paedergat Basin.

What is the NYC DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protection)?

400

This famous female pilot was the race starter in a 1933 aviation competition at Jamaica Bay’s Floyd Bennett Field. 

Amelia Earhart

400

Kite-surfing and wind-surfing is a popular summer attraction at this beach.

Plumb Beach

500

This is the only water way in the New York Bay system from which no fish or crabs can be safely eaten by humans

What is Paerdegat Basin?

500

While Canarsie Pier improvement are under the jurisdiction of New York Rising, the pier itself falls under this agency's jurisdiction.

What is the National Park Service? (NPS)
500

This Starbucks Coffee Company executive and current presidential hopeful was born in Canarsie.

Who is Howard Shultz

500

Move over Coney Island! Golden City Amusement Park was the crown-jewel of this Jamaica Bay neighborhood’s early 20th century seaside resort complex.

What is Canarsie?