Park · New York
Bensonhurst Park
Bensonhurst Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Leif Ericson Drive, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.59672, -74.00081
- 17.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Leif Ericson Drive: 0.3 mi
- Bath Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette Playground: 0.8 mi
- Scarangella Park: 0.9 mi
- Milestone Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 1.6 mi
- Edible Schoolyard NYC: 1.7 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Hulk: 1.6 mi
- Tagging Robot: 1.6 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 1.7 mi
- Mother Teresa Statue: 1.7 mi
- K. 159: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- To All Veterans, Living or Dead: 1.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Monument to John N. LaCorte: 2.0 mi
- John Paul Jones Memorial: 2.0 mi
- First Resistance to British Arms in New York State August 1776: 2.0 mi
Museums
- Harbor Defense Museum: 1.8 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 2.9 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mont Sec House: 3.1 mi
- Alice Austen House: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Sideshows by the Seashore: 1.8 mi
- The Tickler: 1.9 mi
- Thunder Bolt: 1.9 mi
- Endeavor: 1.9 mi
- Wonder Wheel: 1.9 mi
Beaches
- Coney Island Beach: 2.0 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 3.3 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 3.4 mi
- South Beach: 3.6 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Swinburne Island: 3.3 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 4.3 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 4.9 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.0 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 5.1 mi
Peaks: 51
- Fox Hills: 4.2 mi
- Battle Hill: 4.2 mi
- Park Hill: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 4.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 7.5 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.0 mi
- Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Fallkill Falls: 4.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.0 mi
- The Loch: 13.9 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 9.3 mi
- North Tower: 13.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 14.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 14.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bensonhurst Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 320° | 179 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 309° | 175 m | 19.4 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 311° | 134 m | 22.6 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 287° | 126 m | 24.0 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 272° | 125 m | 6.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 215° | 120 m | 17.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 213° | 106 m | 16.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 53° | 106 m | 23.5 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 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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, 1 mi away.
- American Herring Gull170 obs
- Ring-billed Gull157 obs
- Mourning Dove119 obs
- Rock Pigeon118 obs
- Brant118 obs
- Song Sparrow101 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron97 obs
- Northern Mockingbird97 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/557791682
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