Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New York is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is El Museo Del Barrio, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown in 1923 to preserve and present the history of New York City and its people. It is located at 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue between East 103rd to 104th Streets, across from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, at the northern end of the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue. The red brick with marble trim museum was built in 1929–30 and was designed by Joseph H. Freedlander in the neo-Georgian style, with statues of Alexander Hamilton and DeWitt Clinton by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman facing Central Park from niches in the facade. The museum is a private non-profit organization which receives government support as a member of New York City's Cultural Institutions Group. Its other sources of income are endowments, admission fees, and contributions.
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Dates from 1923.
Wikidata Q1321141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 29.1 m
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.0 mi
- The Africa Center: 0.3 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.6 mi
- Garbage museum: 0.6 mi
- Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: 0.6 mi
- Burnett Memorial Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Haswell Green Bench: 0.2 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.3 mi
- Saint Tikhon: 0.3 mi
- South Garden (English): 0.1 mi
- Conservatory Garden: 0.1 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.1 mi
- North Garden (French): 0.1 mi
- Hope Community's Modesto "Tin" Flores Garden: 0.3 mi
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.3 mi
- John Purroy Mitchel: 0.7 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.8 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.1 mi
- 103rd Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.3 mi
- White Playground: 0.3 mi
- Sunshine Playground: 0.4 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.3 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.2 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.5 mi
- Archibald’s Townhouse: 1.5 mi
- Great Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.1 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.8 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.0 mi
- Street Seats: 2.9 mi
- The Backyard: 6.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.2 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 5.9 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- The Loch: 0.4 mi
- The Falls: 8.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.0 mi
- Barber: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Museum of the City of New York. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 314° | 268 m | 17.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 313° | 260 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 313° | 230 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.8 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 312° | 185 m | 19.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 312° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 275° | 179 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 266° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/271220752
Day trips start here
- Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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