Jacob Riis Park, also called Jacob A. Riis Park and Riis Park, is a seaside park on the southwestern portion of the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York...

in Ribe, Denmark, Jacob Riis was the third of the 15 children (one of whom, an orphaned niece, was fostered) of Niels Edward Riis, a schoolteacher and...

Riis Park is a 56-acre park on Chicago's Northwest Side in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood. The park is named for Jacob Riis, a famous New York City muckraker...

Parkway Bridge was opened, to connect Brooklyn with the newly renovated Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways. In August 1937, the route was extended east to its...

from the toll plaza to Jacob Riis Park. Though a city-owned and operated bridge, it connects Floyd Bennett Field and Jacob Riis Park, which are both part...

was a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium located adjacent to Jacob Riis Park and the Neponsit community on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula...

some tolerance for nude beaches in the United States. An example was Jacob Riis Park, where nudity was limited to "Bay One" the northernmost section informally...

National Recreation Area) Jacob Riis Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area) John Golden Park Juniper Valley Park Kissena Park Kohlreiter Square Libra...

Street. It borders the neighborhood of Belle Harbor to the east and Jacob Riis Park on the west. Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean are the northern and...

the park offers sweeping views of New York Harbor. Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn Great Kills Park, Staten Island Jacob Riis Park, Queens - Jacob Riis Park features...

social activist Jacob A. Riis, "friend of the tenement house children," campaigned for the creation of the park. In 1897, due in part to Riis's advocacy, Mulberry...

was found in the Atlantic Ocean at Bay 1 of the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park, a known LGBTQ haven which Ms. Colombia frequented. Foul play was not...

areas. The peninsula is divided into nine neighborhoods or sections, with Riis Park in between two of such sections. From east to west, they are: Far Rockaway...

Bridge and Flatbush Avenue. It goes through Belle Harbor, Neponsit, and Jacob Riis Park on the Rockaway Peninsula. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on October...

Tenements of New York (1890) is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s...

with spire. The church includes the Riis family memorial window, donated in 1905 by Elizabeth Riis, wife of Jacob Riis. The adjacent Cummings Hall was built...

Danish-American photojournalist and social reformer Jacob Riis in 1888. The photograph was possibly not taken by Riis but instead by one of his assistant photographers...

to Fort Tilden, but upon arrival at the beach discover they are at Jacob Riis Park. Wandering around they stumble upon three abandoned kittens whom they...

Bridge links Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn's longest thoroughfare, with Jacob Riis Park and the western end of the Peninsula. Both crossings were built and...

The Jacob Riis Houses are a public housing project managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the East Village in New York City. The project...

administered by the National Park Service. Fort Tilden Historic District is located on the Rockaway Peninsula, between Jacob Riis Park to the east and Breezy...

Refuge. Also in Queens, the park includes a significant portion of the western Rockaway Peninsula, most notably Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden. In Staten...

Street in Edgemere and merges once again with Beach Channel Drive by Jacob Riis Park shortly before the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. The Boulevard...

creating new pools and other bathing facilities, such as those in Jacob Riis Park, Jones Beach, and Orchard Beach. He devised a list of 23 pools around...

and fishing spot on the north shore of the bay. Fort Tilden, between Jacob Riis Park and Breezy Point on the Rockaway peninsula, has some of the city's...

Marine Parkway Bridge was built further west on the peninsula between Jacob Riis Park and Breezy Point linking the isolated communities to Brooklyn. The...

the Long Island State Parks Commission. Most of the road in Queens is a bicycle trail from Cunningham Park to Alley Pond Park, part of the Brooklyn–Queens...

internal fuel tanks. The station was demolished in 1930 to make way for Jacob Riis Park. Operations were moved across the inlet to a hangar in the municipal...

Beach 149th Street in Neponsit, where it connects with the beach at Jacob Riis Park. The boardwalk is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long while the beaches cover an...

Hewlett High School on Long Island. In 1956, he met Joe Campbell at the Jacob Riis Park beach, a popular location for gay men in Queens. Milk pursued Campbell...