Weeksville Heritage Center
Weeksville Heritage Center is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Mark's Block Association, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It is dedicated to the preservation of Weeksville, one of America's first free black communities during the 19th century. Within this community, the residents established schools, churches and benevolent associations and were active in the abolitionist movement. Weeksville is a historic settlement of national significance and one of the few remaining historical sites of pre-Civil War African-American communities. Founding members of the preservation group were James Hurley, Dewey Harley, Dolores McCullough, Joan Maynard, and Patricia Johnson. It was founded as the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant in 1970, and then the Weeksville Heritage Center. The Heritage Center focuses on tours, arts and crafts, literacy and historical preservation programs for public-school students. The site is managed by the Weeksville Society, a historical society that maintains the 12,400-square-foot (1,150 m2) site comprising the historic Hunterfly Houses and an open grassy area.
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Dates from 1838.
Wikidata Q7979549, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Mark's Block Association: 0.2 mi
- Sterling Community Group Garden: 0.3 mi
- Preston Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Neighborhood Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Imani I Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Woods Playground: 0.2 mi
- Pacific Playground: 0.3 mi
- Prospect Plaza Park: 0.4 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 0.4 mi
- Brevoort Playground: 0.4 mi
- Zion Park War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Saratoga Park Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Ulysses S Grant: 1.5 mi
- Leah E. Sylvain: 1.6 mi
- Brooklyn College of Pharmacy: 1.7 mi
- Robert Fulton: 0.6 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 1.1 mi
- Mathematical Star: 1.2 mi
- Yusuf Hawkins: 1.2 mi
- Tiger: 1.6 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 0.9 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 2.0 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 2.1 mi
- The Bone Museum: 2.3 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 2.1 mi
- Emu: 2.2 mi
- Sea Lion Pool: 2.2 mi
- Duck and Waterfowl: 2.2 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.7 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.2 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.9 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 6.1 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.1 mi
- Bird Island: 4.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.3 mi
- Rookery: 4.6 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.2 mi
- Willink Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 2.4 mi
- Breeze Hill: 2.4 mi
- Quaker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lookout Hill: 2.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.2 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 6.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Palisades: 8.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Palisades: 15.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.6 mi
- The Loch: 8.5 mi
- The Falls: 15.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.5 mi
- Barber: 20.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weeksville Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 325° | 268 m | 25.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 24.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 290° | 175 m | 20.2 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 317° | 144 m | 24.3 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 294° | 134 m | 23.0 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 243° | 125 m | 11.2 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 215° | 120 m | 23.8 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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 1 mi
- Queens · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 4 mi
- Downstate New York · 5 mi
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