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Roosevelt Community Garden

Roosevelt Community Garden from directly overhead

Roosevelt Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2018-06-09

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67675, -73.58628

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Roosevelt Pool Park: 0.1 mi
  • Henry Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • St. Francis Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Nautical Mile: 2.9 mi
  • Jamaica: 4.0 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 4.0 mi
  • US Army Corps of Engineers Survey Point: 5.9 mi
  • JFK: 10.7 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 39
Picnic sites: 33
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 20.2 mi
  • The Loch: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roosevelt Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillNE 41°122 m12.8 mi
Harbor HillNNW 342°106 m8.9 mi
West HillsNE 40°106 m12.6 mi
Dix HillsNE 51°92 m15.6 mi
Signal HillNE 50°90 m14.9 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 39°85 m10.8 mi
Bronx High PointNW 313°85 m22.6 mi
Manhattan High PointWNW 304°81 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2419:4820:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333440505968757467564638
Precip in3.83.04.64.24.34.64.24.23.84.33.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceanside, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted spurge721 obs
  • Asian bittersweet149 obs
  • common groundsel108 obs
  • Common Purslane101 obs
  • ribwort plantain98 obs
  • garlic mustard90 obs
  • tree-of-heaven90 obs
  • hairy bittercress88 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1383666950

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