South Brooklyn Children's Garden
South Brooklyn Children's Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Human Compass Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2013
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Human Compass Garden: 0.0 mi
- Urban Meadow: 0.1 mi
- The Amazing Garden: 0.1 mi
- Summit Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Backyard Garden: 0.2 mi
- Vincent J. DiMattina: 0.3 mi
- Louis Valentino Jr.: 0.4 mi
- Red Hook Memorial Doughboy: 0.7 mi
- East: 0.8 mi
- Fort Jay: 0.8 mi
- Cobble Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Henry Street Park III: 0.5 mi
- Carroll Park: 0.5 mi
- Adam Yauch Park: 0.5 mi
- Admiral Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Commanding Officer's Quarters: 0.6 mi
- New York Transit Museum: 0.8 mi
- Center for Brooklyn History: 0.9 mi
- The Trust for Governors Island: 0.9 mi
- The Waterfront Museum: 1.1 mi
- Governor's Island Kayaking: 0.7 mi
- Mosaic House: 0.7 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 1.0 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 1.0 mi
- Swoon murals: 0.7 mi
- Hook Studios Mural: 0.8 mi
- Statue of Christopher Columbus: 0.9 mi
- Turning Stone: 0.9 mi
- Walk-in Kaleidoscope: 0.9 mi
- Bird Island: 0.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.7 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 5.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.8 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 0.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.5 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 3.4 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.5 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.1 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.1 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.1 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.2 mi
- Battle Hill: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.0 mi
- Street Seats: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 8.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Palisades: 14.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.5 mi
- The Loch: 7.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Barber: 17.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Brooklyn Children's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 333° | 268 m | 22.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 331° | 260 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 332° | 230 m | 21.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 330° | 185 m | 23.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 330° | 180 m | 23.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 305° | 179 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 292° | 175 m | 16.1 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 324° | 144 m | 21.1 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly1,027 obs
- Rock Pigeon967 obs
- Monarch885 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee822 obs
- House Sparrow795 obs
- Western Honey Bee752 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel655 obs
- common mugwort589 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/313994681
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 2 mi
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