Knapp Street
Encyclopedia
Knapp Street is a major street in the Sheepshead Bay
neighborhood of Brooklyn
, New York
. It runs north to south, with its northern terminus at Gerritsen Avenue in Marine Park
, and its southern terminus at Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. Knapp Street has an interchange with the Belt Parkway
at Exit 9. It has a central median
from Voorhies Avenue to its southern terminus at Emmons Avenue. Knapp Street carries four lanes of traffic its entire length.
A sewage treatment plant is located on the western side of Knapp Street. Some of the water from the Paerdegat Basin
is drained into the plant. In 1994, a chemical spill occurred at the plant, injuring six people. The chemicals included 500 gallons (1,892.7 l) of ferric chloride
and 4000 gallons (15,141.6 l) of sodium chloride
. Fumes from the chemical spill were carried out to Knapp Street.
The Golden Gate Inn was a hotel
at the junction of Knapp Street and the Belt Parkway, which opened in 1964 and closed in 2010. The hotel was a popular destination in the 1960s and 1970s. It was a convenient location for the riders of party boats that used to dock at the bay near Emmons Avenue and those coming from Kennedy Airport
.
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west...
neighborhood of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. It runs north to south, with its northern terminus at Gerritsen Avenue in Marine Park
Marine Park
Marine Park is a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, that lies between Mill Basin and Gerritsen Beach. The neighborhood is mostly squared off in area by Gerritsen Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Avenue U and Kings Highway. It partly surrounds the eponymous park. The neighborhood...
, and its southern terminus at Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. Knapp Street has an interchange with the Belt Parkway
Belt Parkway
The Belt System is a series of connected limited-access highways that form a belt-like circle around the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The system comprises four officially separate parkways; however, three of the four are signed as the Belt Parkway...
at Exit 9. It has a central median
Central reservation
On divided roads, such as divided highways or freeways/motorways, the central reservation , median, parkway , median strip or central nature strip is the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic...
from Voorhies Avenue to its southern terminus at Emmons Avenue. Knapp Street carries four lanes of traffic its entire length.
A sewage treatment plant is located on the western side of Knapp Street. Some of the water from the Paerdegat Basin
Paerdegat basin
Paerdegat Basin is a channel that connects to Jamaica Bay on the southern end of Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located on the west side of the Canarsie area...
is drained into the plant. In 1994, a chemical spill occurred at the plant, injuring six people. The chemicals included 500 gallons (1,892.7 l) of ferric chloride
Iron(III) chloride
Iron chloride, also called ferric chloride, is an industrial scale commodity chemical compound, with the formula FeCl3. The colour of iron chloride crystals depends on the viewing angle: by reflected light the crystals appear dark green, but by transmitted light they appear purple-red...
and 4000 gallons (15,141.6 l) of sodium chloride
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms...
. Fumes from the chemical spill were carried out to Knapp Street.
The Golden Gate Inn was a hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
at the junction of Knapp Street and the Belt Parkway, which opened in 1964 and closed in 2010. The hotel was a popular destination in the 1960s and 1970s. It was a convenient location for the riders of party boats that used to dock at the bay near Emmons Avenue and those coming from Kennedy Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
.