Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Howard Beach (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Howard Beach. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Howard Beach ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Howard Beach: Howard Bch.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Howard Beach is located in Queens County .
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Queens County : Bronx , Kings , Nassau , New York & Richmond .
Below are the counties that are near Howard Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Howard Beach:
Queens County (The home county of Howard Beach)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Richmond Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Morris Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Rochdale Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Rochdale Village is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village Kew Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jamaica (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glendale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Glendale is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Broad Channel (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Forest Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Middle Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Ridgewood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Fresh Pond (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Fresh Pond is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Holland (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bayswater (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bayswater is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater Bronx County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Locust Point (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Locust Point is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Throggs Neck (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck Concourse Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Concourse Village is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village Bronx (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bronx is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
Bronx has also been known as:
Bronx Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
City Island (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
City Island is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island Fordham (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Fordham is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham Eastchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Eastchester is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester Kings Bridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge Williams Bridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge Spuyten Duyvil (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil Riverdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Kings County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Canarsie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Marcus Garvey Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bushwick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Brownsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Brownsville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Weeksville ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Weeksville is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville Flatlands (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Brooklyn (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Flatbush (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Flatbush is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush Greenpoint (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Greenpoint is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint Williamsburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Williamsburg is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Gravesend (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Gravesend is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend Sheepshead Bay (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Brighton Beach is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach Nassau County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Inwood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Cedarhurst (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Valley Stream (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Valley Stream is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley Stream Valley Stream (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Woodmere (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hewlett Bay Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hewlett Neck (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hewlett Neck is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett Neck Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
Hewlett (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Bellerose Terrace (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bellerose Terrace is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerose Terrace Bellerose (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Elmont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Atlantic Beach (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lawrence (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lawrence is located in Nassau County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
New York County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
East Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
East Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Kips Bay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Kips Bay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay Knickerbocker Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Peter Cooper Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town University Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
University Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village Washington Square Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Fort Jay is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jay Governors Island (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Governors Island is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Island East Harlem (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
East Harlem is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem Greenwich Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Greenwich Village is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village Hell's Kitchen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen Battery Park City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Battery Park City is located in New York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City Richmond County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Fort Wadsworth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth Stapleton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Stapleton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton New Brighton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
New Brighton is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brighton Old Town Station (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Town Station is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Station Grant City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Grant City is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City Port Richmond (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Port Richmond is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Staten Island (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Westerleigh (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Westerleigh is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerleigh Oakwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Oakwood is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Graniteville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Graniteville is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville Arlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Arlington is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heartland Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Heartland Village is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village Bloomfield (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Richmond County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
Rockland County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Palisades (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Tappan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Piermont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Sparkill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Orangeburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Blauvelt (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Grand View-on-Hudson is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View-on-Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
Pearl River (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Nyack (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
South Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Nyack Population from the 2020 Census: 3,305 people
Central Nyack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Central Nyack is located in Rockland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack Nyack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Suffolk County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
North Amityville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
North Amityville is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville Amity Harbor (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor Amityville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Copiague (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale Melville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Hills (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Hills is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills Lindenhurst (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst Cold Spring Harbor (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
West Babylon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
West Babylon is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon Huntington Station (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
South Huntington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
South Huntington is located in Suffolk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington Westchester County
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Eastchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Pelham Manor (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Mount Vernon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
New Rochelle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Pelham (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Bronxville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Bryn Mawr Park is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryn Mawr Park Larchmont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Yonkers (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Mamaroneck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Nepperhan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Nepperhan is located in Westchester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepperhan Tuckahoe (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Harrison (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Fairfield County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Belle Haven (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven Glenville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Greenwich (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cos Cob (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
Old Greenwich (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point Bergen County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Fort Lee (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee Linwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Ridgefield Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
Englewood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
North Arlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
North Arlington is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Arlington Lyndhurst (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst Teaneck (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Teaneck is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck Borough of Wood-Ridge (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Wood-Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Wood-Ridge Estimated population in 2015: 8,249 people
Hackensack (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
West Englewood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
West Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Garfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Garfield is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people
Rochelle Park (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rochelle Park is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle Park Saddle Brook (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook Essex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Belleville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Belleville is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Newark (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Newark is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
Nutley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Nutley is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley East Orange (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
Bloomfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Bloomfield is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Brookdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Brookdale is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale Elm Park Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Elm Park Village is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village Irvington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Irvington is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington Montclair (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Montclair is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Orange (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange South Orange (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
South Orange is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orange Montclair Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Maplewood (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Maplewood is located in Essex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Hudson County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Hoboken (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoboken Population from the 2020 Census: 53,081 people
Jersey City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey City Population from the 2020 Census: 262,664 people
Guttenberg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
Union City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
Weehawken (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Weehawken is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken West New York (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
Bergen (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen Communipaw (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Communipaw is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Communipaw North Bergen (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen Secaucus (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secaucus Population from the 2020 Census: 21,602 people
Bayonne (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne Population from the 2020 Census: 65,165 people
Kearny (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
Harrison (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Population from the 2020 Census: 20,481 people
Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Boynton Beach (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Boynton Beach is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Beach Edgar (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Edgar is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar Port Reading (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Port Reading is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Reading Sewaren (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Sewaren is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewaren Perth Amboy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 51,309 people
Avenel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Avenel is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenel Woodbridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Woodbridge is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge Laurence Harbor (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Laurence Harbor is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurence Harbor Colonia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Colonia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonia Hopelawn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn South Amboy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
South Amboy is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amboy Population from the 2020 Census: 9,095 people
Fords (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Fords is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Iselin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Iselin is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iselin Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Navesink Beach (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Navesink Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Beach Waterwitch (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch Belford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Belford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford Leonardo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Leonardo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo Navesink (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Navesink is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navesink Port Monmouth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Port Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Monmouth Waterloo (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Waterloo is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo Chapel Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill North Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
North Middletown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown New Monmouth (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
New Monmouth is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Monmouth Galilee (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Galilee is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Fairview (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cliffwood Beach (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Cliffwood Beach is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffwood Beach Morris County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Hanover Neck (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hanover Neck is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Neck East Hanover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
East Hanover is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hanover Rosedale Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Rosedale Village is located in Morris County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village Passaic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Delawanna (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Delawanna is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delawanna Passaic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Passaic is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
Athenia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Athenia is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athenia Clifton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Clifton is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
The Village at Little Falls (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Paterson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Paterson is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
Singac (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Singac is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Preakness (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Preakness is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Wayne (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Wayne is located in Passaic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Union County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Elizabeth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
Elmora (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Elmora is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora Hillside (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Hillside is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Tremley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Tremley is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremley Linden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Linden is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
Union (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Union is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park Village (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Park Village is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village Perth Amboy Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Perth Amboy Junction is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth Amboy Junction Rahway (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Rahway is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
Cranford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Cranford is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranford Clark (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Clark is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Springfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Springfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Westfield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Westfield is located in Union County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Howard Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Howard Beach .
Cemeteries Near Howard Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Howard Beach.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Howard Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Howard Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Acacia Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Bayside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Wyckoff - Snediker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Maimonides Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Canarsie Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Methodist Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Monica's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Prospect Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Prospect Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Grace Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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Maple Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cypress Hills Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Howard Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Howard Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Howard Beach, with the one closest to Howard Beach listed first.
Ozone Park (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Woodhaven (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Morris Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morris Park is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park Richmond Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
City Line (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
City Line is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line East New York (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
East New York is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New York Canarsie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Canarsie is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie Broad Channel (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Broad Channel is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Channel Jamaica (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glendale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Glendale is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Middle Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Ridgewood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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Bushwick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Bushwick is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick Flatlands (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Flatlands is located in Kings County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands Seaside (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Seaside is located in Queens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Howard Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Howard Beach .
Newspapers Published in Howard Beach ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around Howard Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Howard Beach, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Howard Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Howard Beach:
Websites specific to New York Pages specific to Queens County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bronx County Kings County Nassau County New York County Richmond County Rockland County Suffolk County Westchester County Fairfield County Bergen County Essex County Hudson County Middlesex County Monmouth County Morris County Passaic County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for New York Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Howard Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Howard Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Howard Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.