West 155th Street
West 155th Street is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgecombe Avenue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
This honorary street name memorializes Charles Hamilton Houston.
The story
Street in Manhattan, New York City, USA.
Wikidata Q14706137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Harris Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.2 mi
- Bradhurst Community Garden of Love: 0.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 0.4 mi
- Convent Garden: 0.2 mi
- Carmansville Playground: 0.2 mi
- Holcombe Rucker Park: 0.2 mi
- Donnellan Square: 0.3 mi
- Roger Morris Park: 0.3 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.5 mi
- Our Gates: 0.7 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.7 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.6 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.6 mi
- Joker Stairs: 0.9 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.0 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.9 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.3 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.5 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.9 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.0 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 1.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.8 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.0 mi
- Long Hill: 2.4 mi
- Great Hill: 2.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Palisades: 3.0 mi
- The Palisades: 8.3 mi
- Thor: 14.2 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.7 mi
- Street Seats: 5.6 mi
- The Backyard: 6.9 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Edgecombe Avenue: 0.0 mi
- Saint Nicholas Avenue: 0.1 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 0.1 mi
- West 159th Street: 0.3 mi
- West 160th Street: 0.3 mi
- The Loch: 2.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.8 mi
- Great Falls: 14.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.5 mi
- Tulip Springs: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of West 155th Street. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 306° | 268 m | 16.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 306° | 260 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 305° | 230 m | 16.4 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 3° | 214 m | 20.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 19° | 211 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 305° | 185 m | 18.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 304° | 180 m | 17.9 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 | 07:17 | 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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/620748647
Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 4 mi
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