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Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena

Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena from directly overhead

Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lance Corporal Thomas P Noonan Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

former arena in Queens, New York

Wikidata Q17026335, matched on coordinates and name (33 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
this monument is in honor and dedicated to those men who fought in the amateur and professional bouts sponsored by the veterans boxers association of New York, ring 8, inc.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74302, -73.91986
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Gelasio Reyes: 0.4 mi
  • Doughboy, WWI vets: 0.6 mi
  • 9/11 woodside firefighters memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Soldier's Monument: 1.0 mi
  • 69th Regiment Monument: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Bear: 0.8 mi
  • Rocket: 0.8 mi
  • Rocket: 0.8 mi
  • Surreal Elevator: 0.9 mi
  • Mahbuhay: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 1.4 mi
  • Vista Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Summit Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Great Hill: 4.2 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 2.0 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Maxwell Place Beach: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 5.6 mi
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Loch: 4.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • The Falls: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Site of the Sunnyside Garden Arena. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 317°268 m21.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 317°260 m22.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 317°230 m21.2 mi
Mount NeboN 359°208 m21.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 316°185 m22.9 mi
Moon HillNW 316°180 m22.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 286°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillW 276°175 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5721473569

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