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The Floyd Bennett Gardens

The Floyd Bennett Gardens from directly overhead

The Floyd Bennett Gardens is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ryan Visitor Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Floyd Bennett Gardens Association, Inc.
Access
Private
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.58640, -73.89298
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Beach Grass Nursery: 0.5 mi
  • KCC Urban Farm: 2.2 mi
  • Dana Borell Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Father Kehoe Triangle: 3.3 mi
  • Edible Schoolyard NYC: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Goldenrod Campground: 0.7 mi
  • Tamarack Campground: 0.8 mi
  • Wiley Post B: 0.8 mi
  • Wiley Post A: 0.8 mi
  • North Forty Natural Area: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
  • Gerritsen Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 11: 1.7 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 8: 1.8 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 7: 1.8 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 10: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 45
Picnic sites: 29
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Binnen Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • The Loch: 14.8 mi
  • The Falls: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
  • Palisades: 16.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 17.2 mi
  • Palisades: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 310°179 m24.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 302°175 m24.4 mi
Todt HillW 275°125 m11.7 mi
Crawford HillSW 229°120 m20.4 mi
Telegraph HillSW 228°106 m19.8 mi
Harbor HillNE 42°106 m19.8 mi
Nook HillWNW 296°92 m24.1 mi
Bronx High PointN 358°85 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab908 obs
  • American Oystercatcher349 obs
  • Asian bittersweet273 obs
  • Brant228 obs
  • Laughing Gull198 obs
  • Porcelain Berry185 obs
  • American Herring Gull169 obs
  • shining sumac157 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1001879312

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