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Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
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Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
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Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
This photo was taken by participant/team wikiWHAT as part of the Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project on April 4, 2008. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 true true · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
This photo was taken by participant/team wikiWHAT as part of the Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project on April 4, 2008. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 true true · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
This photo was taken by participant/team wikiWHAT as part of the Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project on April 4, 2008. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 true true · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, a museum in New York
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Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Broadway, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

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The story

The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, also called the Shabazz Center, is a memorial to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz located at 3940 Broadway and West 165th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building once housed the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965. It opened on May 19, 2005, the 80th anniversary of Malcolm X's birth. The center is home to documents related to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. The center is decorated with a 63-foot (19-meter) mural depicting the life of Malcolm X and a life-size bronze statue of the human rights activist. It includes six interactive kiosks that provide information about the lives of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. The kiosks were developed by Columbia University's Digital Knowledge Ventures and Professor Manning Marable of the university's African American Studies department.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2005.

Wikidata Q6742732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates40.83936, -73.94068
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Cliffs
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 44
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 3.2 mi
  • The Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 304°268 m16.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 304°260 m17.4 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 303°230 m16.1 mi
Hook MountainN 3°214 m19.5 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 20°211 m19.9 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m14.5 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 303°185 m17.9 mi
Moon HillWNW 303°180 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8307408828

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