Historic site · New York
Broadway
Broadway is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
This honorary street name memorializes Juan Rodriguez.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.85925, -73.93136
- 1.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Broadway: 0.1 mi
- Margaret Cochran Corbin | 1751–1800: 0.1 mi
- Playground Addition: 0.1 mi
- David Rockefeller Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Site of Fort Tryon: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Columnade: 0.1 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 0.2 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 0.6 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.0 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Jacob K. Javits Playground: 0.2 mi
- Gorman Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Lieutenant William Tighe Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Wallenberg Playground: 0.5 mi
- Bennett Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 7.3 mi
Gardens
- Trie Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.5 mi
Museums
- The Met Cloisters: 0.4 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 0.7 mi
- Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center: 1.5 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Poe Cottage: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Long Hill: 0.4 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 0.6 mi
- Inwood Hill: 1.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 1.6 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.6 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 1.3 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.5 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 1.7 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.0 mi
Attractions
- Joker Stairs: 1.7 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 2.6 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 2.6 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 2.6 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 2.7 mi
Cliffs
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.7 mi
- The Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.8 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Street Seats: 7.6 mi
- The Backyard: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- The Loch: 4.7 mi
- The Falls: 5.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.6 mi
- Great Falls: 13.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Broadway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 299° | 268 m | 15.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 299° | 260 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 298° | 230 m | 15.8 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 2° | 214 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 20° | 211 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 1° | 208 m | 13.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 298° | 185 m | 17.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 298° | 180 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 5 mi
- Teaneck · 5 mi
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