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Old Stone House, a museum in New York
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Old Stone House, a museum in New York
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Old Stone House, a museum in New York
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Old Stone House, a museum in New York
Mixon, Stanley P. · Public domain
Old Stone House, a museum in New York
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Old Stone House, a museum in New York
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Old Stone House is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gil Hodges Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Old Stone House is a house located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is situated within the J. J. Byrne Playground, at Washington Park, on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Gowanus Creek once ran nearby, but today the southeastern branch of the Gowanus Canal ends 1,300 feet (400 m) west of the house. The current structure is a 1933 reconstruction, using some original materials, of the Vechte–Cortelyou House, which was destroyed in 1897. The original house was an important part of the 1776 Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War. At one time, the Old Stone House was the clubhouse of the Brooklyn Superbas, who later became the Brooklyn Dodgers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1934.

Wikidata Q7085115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
8.9 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.67299, -73.98461
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.2 mi
  • The Loch: 8.5 mi
  • The Falls: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Stone House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 330°260 m24.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 331°230 m23.1 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 329°185 m24.7 mi
Moon HillNNW 329°180 m24.4 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m16.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 294°175 m17.3 mi
Packanack MountainNW 323°144 m22.3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/248236287

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