Holland New York Map

About Holland, New York

Holland is a locality in Queens County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,173. The population density is 113.1 people per km². Holland is located at 42.6375°N, 78.5518°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 11693, 14080.

Holland claims the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, where the salt-heavy air clings to the horizon and the tides dictate the day's slow, rhythmic pulse. It lies 1.2 miles west-southwest of Arverne, NY (from Arverne, NY: bearing 254°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-southeast of Brooklyn. The landscape here is defined by a flat, coastal expanse that yields to the low-lying basin of The Raunt, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a mere phantom on the western edge of the sky. Just a short distance inland, the water of West Pond remains a quiet, glassy mirror for the reeds, and the steady, narrow currents of Bridge Creek carve a path through the earth toward the sea. The Rockaway Beach Boardwalk stretches out as a weathered wooden spine, capturing the light at dusk when the sun turns the Atlantic Ocean into a sheet of hammered copper, making the salt spray feel as though it might catch fire.

Holland maintains a character shaped by the sea and the enduring industry of its shoreline, where the economy has long drifted between the shifting sands and the steady commerce of the coast. History here is written in the timber of the boardwalk and the seasonal migration of those who know the island of Winhole Hassock as a lonely sentinel against the surf. Life moves in alignment with the wind, whether it is the labor of the local trades or the quietude that settles over the marshy basin once the day’s visitors depart. There is a singular, honest clarity to the way the local light hits the water, revealing a place that does not ask for attention but commands it through the simple, salt-scrubbed persistence of its geography.

About This Holland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holland, New York. Coordinates: 42.637476, -78.551775. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Holland includes the ZIP code (11693, 14080), telephone area code (516, 716), county seat of Queens County, and school district assignment (Holland Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.