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Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, a museum in New York
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Brooklyn Children's Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brower Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States and, according to Time magazine, the world's oldest such museum. It is unusual in its location in what is predominantly a residential area. Housed in a multi-level underground gallery, the museum underwent an expansion and renovation to double its space, reopened on September 20, 2008, and became the first green museum in New York City.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1899.

Wikidata Q4974780, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
15.7 m
Elevation
23 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.67434, -73.94389
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.9 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 49
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.7 mi
  • The Loch: 8.4 mi
  • The Falls: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brooklyn Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m24.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m24.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m18.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 291°175 m19.3 mi
Packanack MountainNW 319°144 m23.6 mi
Riker HillWNW 295°134 m22.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m10.3 mi
Crawford HillSSW 213°120 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/250324041

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