Wave Hill
Wave Hill is a 28-acre estate in the Hudson Hill section of Riverdale in the Bronx, New York City. Wave Hill currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River, with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: School building
- Description: organization in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies”
- Address: 665 West 252nd Street, 10471
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riverdale station and Vinmont Veteran Park.
Riverdale station
Railway station
Photo: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverdale station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The Riverdale station, located at the foot of West 254th Street, is the northernmost Metro-North station in the Bronx. Riverdale station is situated 1,700 feet north of Wave Hill.
Vinmont Veteran Park
Park
Vinmont Veteran Park is a 3.5-acre park and playground in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. It includes bathrooms, a playground, a woodland area and the Sid Augarten baseball field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverdale and Fieldston.
Riverdale
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Riverdale, which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point at the University of Mount Saint Vincent.
Fieldston
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Fieldston is a privately owned affluent neighborhood in the Riverdale section of the northwestern part of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the south, Henry Hudson Parkway to the west, 250th Street to the north, and Broadway to the east.
Spuyten Duyvil
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Spuyten Duyvil is a neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It is bounded on the north by Riverdale, on the east by Kingsbridge, on the south by the Harlem River, and on the west by the Hudson River. Some consider it to be the southernmost part of Riverdale.
Wave Hill
- Categories: botanical garden, organization, nonprofit organization, building, and education
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.90012° or 40° 54′ 0″ northLongitude
-73.91247° or 73° 54′ 45″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Height
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87G8W32Q+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 277070602OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolGeoNames ID
6331567Wikidata ID
Q3089144
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