Museum · New York
MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ghost Bike, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates40.74547, -73.94749
- 6.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Ghost Bike: 0.0 mi
- Smallpox Hospital: 0.8 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 0.8 mi
- Sgt Daniel Kish Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Clara Coffey Tablet: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Albert E Short Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Murray Playground: 0.1 mi
- McKenna Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Court Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Rafferty Triangle: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- Historical landmark from 1877: 0.1 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 0.6 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 0.9 mi
- Blackwell House: 1.0 mi
- United Nations Headquarters: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- mural: 0.2 mi
- The Blue Bus Project: 0.3 mi
- Surreal Elevator: 0.6 mi
- Watertower 5: 0.7 mi
- FDR Hope Memorial: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 0.4 mi
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 1.2 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 1.4 mi
- Museum of the Moving Image: 1.4 mi
- The Noguchi Museum: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- LIC Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Kingsland Wildflowers: 0.8 mi
- Entry Court: 0.8 mi
- Mary D's Senior Housing Garden: 0.9 mi
- Eagle Street Rooftop Farm: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Bird Island: 4.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 1.7 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.6 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 2.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.9 mi
- Great Hill: 3.6 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.8 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.6 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 44
- Street Seats: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.9 mi
- The Falls: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 22.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of MoMA PS1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 320° | 268 m | 20.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 319° | 260 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 319° | 230 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 21.0 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 318° | 185 m | 21.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 318° | 180 m | 21.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 287° | 179 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 276° | 175 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 | 20:31 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 2 mi
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