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Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B

Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New YorkAd Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B, a museum in New York
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wiley Post B, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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The story

The Historic Aircraft Restoration Project is an aviation museum located in Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, New York.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q123418457, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
18.6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.59489, -73.88296
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wiley Post B: 0.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Campground: 0.1 mi
  • Wiley Post A: 0.2 mi
  • Tamarack Campground: 0.2 mi
  • North Forty Natural Area: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 7: 2.1 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 2: 2.1 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 8: 2.1 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 3: 2.1 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 6: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 44
Picnic sites: 29
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Binnen Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.6 mi
  • The Loch: 14.4 mi
  • The Falls: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Palisades: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 309°179 m24.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 300°175 m24.5 mi
Todt HillW 272°125 m12.2 mi
Crawford HillSW 229°120 m21.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 42°106 m19.0 mi
Telegraph HillSW 228°106 m20.6 mi
Nook HillWNW 294°92 m24.4 mi
Bronx High PointN 357°85 m21.0 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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/285107125

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