Hook Creek
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| Hook Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Region | South Shore of Long Island, New York |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Jamaica Bay |
• coordinates | 40°38′10″N 73°44′40″W / 40.6362152°N 73.7445766°W |
Hook Creek is a stream on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The creek travels through both the New York City borough of Queens and the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County.
Hook Creek runs between Rosedale, Queens and Jamaica Bay.[1][2][3] The creek begins in Rosedale, flowing in a drainage tunnel towards the south, west, and southwest roughly following along Hook Creek Boulevard, eventually reaching Sunrise Highway/Conduit Boulevard (NY 27) and the Atlantic & Montauk Branches of the Long Island Rail Road.[1][3] It then meanders its way south to Woodmere, forming part of the border between New York City and Nassau County – in addition to forming parts of the Village of Valley Stream's western border.[1][3]
Hook Creek eventually emerges from the tunnel near the Green Acres Mall.[2] It then continues southwards, soon reaching its confluence with Valley Stream Brook, just south of Rosedale Road.[2][4] From there, Hook Creek continues southwards through Hook Creek Park and hugging the edge of North Woodmere Park, thence passing under Rockaway Turnpike and meandering its way around Meadowmere and Meadowmere Park (where it passes underneath the Hook Creek Bridge) near John F. Kennedy International Airport before eventually reaching its mouth at Jamaica Bay.[1][2][3]
Portions of the long-proposed path of the Nassau Expressway follow Hook Creek.[5][6]