Jane's Carousel
Jane's Carousel is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Empire Fulton Ferry, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Jane's Carousel (formerly Idora Park Merry-Go-Round) is a carved wooden 48-horse carousel in Brooklyn, New York City, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) for the Idora Park amusement park in Youngstown, Ohio. It was carved by John Zalar and Frank Carretta, each of whom is attributed with carvings on carousels constructed by PTC and other carousel companies like Looff. The carousel has 30 "jumpers," 18 "standers," two chariots, and a Gebrüder Bruder Band Organ that provides the carousel’s music. Jane's Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 6, 1975, the first carousel to receive such designation. The merry-go-round was delisted from the NRHP on October 29, 1985. When Idora Park closed to the public in 1984, the carousel was bought at auction by Jane and David Walentas and moved to Brooklyn, New York, for restoration. It was opened to the public at its new location in Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River in Brooklyn on September 16, 2011. The building commissioned by the Walentas to house the carousel was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel.
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Wikidata Q16996543, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 7 m
- Material
- glass
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Empire Fulton Ferry: 0.0 mi
- Main Street: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge Park: 0.2 mi
- Poplar Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Hillside Dog Park: 0.2 mi
- Carousel Bioswale: 0.0 mi
- Max Family Garden: 0.1 mi
- Juneteenth Grove: 0.5 mi
- Vinegar HIll Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Robert Wagner Greenstreet: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center: 0.2 mi
- Spark Brooklyn Children's Museum Annex: 0.2 mi
- South Street Seaport Museum: 0.6 mi
- Center for Brooklyn History: 0.7 mi
- Brooklyn Flea: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.4 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.5 mi
- PIER 17: 0.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Brookland Ferry Landing: 0.2 mi
- William Jay Gaynor: 0.4 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher: 0.4 mi
- Brooklyn War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Matt Brenner: 0.4 mi
- Akua: 0.2 mi
- Fat Boy: 0.3 mi
- Turning Stone: 0.6 mi
- Walk-in Kaleidoscope: 0.6 mi
- Unity: 0.6 mi
- Bird Island: 0.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.0 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.0 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.1 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.8 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.5 mi
- Street Seats: 3.9 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.3 mi
- The Loch: 6.5 mi
- The Falls: 15.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Barber: 18.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jane's Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 328° | 260 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 24.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 327° | 185 m | 22.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 327° | 180 m | 22.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 287° | 175 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/223183095
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
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