Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ninth Street Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is a not-for profit museum founded by the Times Up! Environmental Organization in 2012. It is dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Located in the storefront of C-Squat at 155 Avenue C, the museum documents how neighborhood residents transformed abandoned spaces and lots in the neighborhood into squats and gardens. By preserving the neighborhood's history, the museum aims to educate communities and individuals to keep this form of sustainable, community-based activism alive.
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Dates from 2012.
Wikidata Q6941005, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ninth Street Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- La Plaza Cultural: 0.0 mi
- Casita Garden: 0.1 mi
- Earth People Garden: 0.1 mi
- 11 BC Serenity Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dry Dock Playground: 0.1 mi
- Joseph C. Sauer Park: 0.2 mi
- Yu Suen Garden: 0.2 mi
- Tompkins Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Orchard Alley: 0.3 mi
- Slocum Disaster Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Milan R. Stefanik: 0.3 mi
- Samuel Sullivan Cox: 0.3 mi
- Peter Stuyvesant: 0.6 mi
- Daniel D. Tompkins: 0.6 mi
- The Brant Foundation Art Study Center: 0.4 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.6 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.8 mi
- International Center of Photography: 0.8 mi
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum: 0.8 mi
- Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.4 mi
- Anarchy 99: 0.4 mi
- Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.6 mi
- Zohramp: 0.7 mi
- Liz Christy Garden: 0.8 mi
- Michael Jackson Mural: 0.4 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.5 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.7 mi
- Stop Guns: 0.7 mi
- Peter Cooper Statue: 0.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 0.9 mi
- Bird Island: 2.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.6 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.2 mi
- Street Seats: 2.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.4 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.7 mi
- Palisades: 3.6 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 5.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 11.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
- The Loch: 4.9 mi
- The Falls: 13.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Barber: 19.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 326° | 268 m | 20.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 325° | 260 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 22.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 323° | 185 m | 21.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 324° | 180 m | 21.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 282° | 175 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6481772610
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/East Village · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
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