Wave Hill

Wave Hill is a school building in , which is located on West 252nd Street. Wave Hill is situated nearby to the school , as well as near the railway station .
  • Type: School building
  • Also known as: “Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies”
  • Address: 665 West 252nd Street, 10471

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wave Hill and Riverdale station.

Garden
is a 28-acre estate in the Hudson Hill section of in , . currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the , with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades. is situated 510 feet south of Wave Hill.

Railway station
Photo: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the neighborhood of , . The , located at the foot of West 254th Street, is the northernmost Metro-North station in New York City on the Hudson Line. is situated 1,700 feet north of Wave Hill.

School
, better known by the acronym, SAR Academy, is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school. The school is located in the section of the borough of . is situated 1,400 feet north of Wave Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverdale and Fieldston.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of . , 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a privately owned affluent neighborhood in the section of the northwestern part of the borough of . 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a neighborhood of , . It is bounded on the north by , on the east by , on the south by the , and on the west by the . Some consider it to be the southernmost part of Riverdale.

Wave Hill

Latitude
40.90012° or 40° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
-73.91247° or 73° 54′ 45″ west
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Height
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87G8W32Q+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 277070602
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­school
Geo­Names ID
6331567
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Wave Hill” goes by many names.

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