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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
This photo was taken by participant/team Zefferus as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on October 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
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
This photo was taken by participant/team Zefferus as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on October 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
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a museum in New York
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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is General Edward Fowler, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), is Brooklyn's first and only contemporary art museum dedicated to the art and culture of Africa and its diaspora. Since 2023, the museum has operated within an expanded campus which includes three venues: - Culture Lab II, the flagship gallery, performance space, giftshop, and cafe, located at 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 - Ubuntu Garden, a community garden + public art space, which is located at 48 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 - Abolition House, a seasonal art residency on Governors Island, located at House 7A Nolan Park, Governors Island, NY 10004

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1999.

Wikidata Q6886122, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.68535, -73.97443
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.7 mi
  • The Loch: 7.6 mi
  • The Falls: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m22.9 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m23.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m22.6 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 327°185 m24.3 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m24.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 302°179 m16.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m17.5 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m22.0 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8942168458

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