Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillside Dog Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Dog Park: 0.0 mi
- Poplar Street Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Harry Chapin Playground: 0.1 mi
- Squibb Park: 0.1 mi
- Pier 1: 0.1 mi
- Brookland Ferry Landing: 0.1 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher: 0.2 mi
- William Jay Gaynor: 0.2 mi
- Brooklyn War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Matt Brenner: 0.4 mi
- Akua: 0.1 mi
- Fat Boy: 0.4 mi
- Turning Stone: 0.4 mi
- Walk-in Kaleidoscope: 0.4 mi
- Unity: 0.5 mi
- Brooklyn Flea: 0.1 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge: 0.2 mi
- Jane's Carousel: 0.2 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.2 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.2 mi
- Max Family Garden: 0.2 mi
- Carousel Bioswale: 0.2 mi
- Juneteenth Grove: 0.4 mi
- Bridge Plaza Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Vinegar HIll Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Historical Society: 0.2 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center: 0.3 mi
- Spark Brooklyn Children's Museum Annex: 0.4 mi
- Center for Brooklyn History: 0.5 mi
- South Street Seaport Museum: 0.6 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.4 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Bird Island: 0.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.9 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.9 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.4 mi
- Street Seats: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Palisades: 7.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 13.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.1 mi
- The Loch: 6.7 mi
- The Falls: 15.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.3 mi
- Barber: 18.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 21.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 329° | 260 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 330° | 230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 24.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 328° | 185 m | 22.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 328° | 180 m | 22.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 288° | 175 m | 16.2 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 | 16:32 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon2,062 obs
- Monarch1,563 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,434 obs
- House Sparrow1,348 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,345 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,332 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,326 obs
- European Starling949 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/56469108
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 1 mi
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