Park · New York
Brighton Playground
Brighton Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hennessey Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57514, -73.96526
- 17.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hennessey Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Asser Levy Park: 0.3 mi
- Tilyou Playground: 0.4 mi
- Grady Playground: 0.5 mi
- Banner Avenue Triangle: 0.6 mi
Artworks
- Giant Squid: 0.2 mi
- First Symphony of the Sea: 0.5 mi
- K. 159: 0.6 mi
- Tagging Robot: 0.9 mi
- Postcards From Sheepshead Bay: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial: 0.2 mi
- To All Veterans, Living or Dead: 0.7 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Sharks: 0.5 mi
- Sea Cliffs: 0.5 mi
- Conservation Hall: 0.5 mi
- Glover's Reef: 0.6 mi
- Coney Island Cyclone: 0.7 mi
Beaches
- Coney Island Beach: 0.8 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 1.1 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 1.5 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 2.3 mi
- Fort Tilden Beach: 4.0 mi
Gardens
- Edible Schoolyard NYC: 1.0 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 1.1 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Piping Plover Protected area: 2.7 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 3.6 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.1 mi
- Swinburne Island: 4.5 mi
- Rookery: 5.7 mi
Museums
- Ryan Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 4.2 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 4.2 mi
- Historic Aircraft Restoration Project - Hangar B: 4.5 mi
- Erasmus Hall Museum: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 49
- Lookout Hill: 5.7 mi
- Battle Hill: 5.8 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.8 mi
- Quaker Hill: 5.9 mi
- Willink Hill: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 36
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 7.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.7 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Palisades: 12.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.8 mi
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 8.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- North Tower: 12.4 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Binnen Falls: 6.0 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.2 mi
- The Loch: 15.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 15.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brighton Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 318° | 179 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 309° | 175 m | 21.8 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 311° | 134 m | 24.9 mi |
| Todt Hill | WNW 283° | 125 m | 8.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 223° | 120 m | 17.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 221° | 106 m | 16.6 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 48° | 106 m | 23.0 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 302° | 92 m | 21.2 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, 2 mi away.
- Laughing Gull347 obs
- American Herring Gull307 obs
- Ring-billed Gull297 obs
- Rock Pigeon243 obs
- European Starling188 obs
- Brant165 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull157 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab144 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/331161421
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