Gowanus Playground
Gowanus Playground is a park in Brooklyn, New York. Gowanus Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Boerum Hill Historic District, as well as near Carroll Gardens Historic District.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Kings County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Gowanus Houses Playground” and “Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New York Transit Museum and Bergen Street station.
New York Transit Museum
Museum
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The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region.
Bergen Street station
Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The Bergen Street station is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bergen Street and Smith Street on the border of Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill in Brooklyn.
The Invisible Dog Art Center
Arts center
Photo: Bonniekate, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Invisible Dog Art Center is a museum and arts center in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, established by Lucien Zayan in 2009. The center gets its name from being a former invisible dog factory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boerum Hill Historic District and Boerum Hill.
Boerum Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Edwardhblake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boerum Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City. It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890.
Boerum Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.
Gowanus
Neighborhood
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6.
Gowanus Playground
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.68457° or 40° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
-73.98787° or 73° 59′ 16″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87G8M2M6+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 296322543OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
7158535Wikidata ID
Q49494886
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Satellite Map
Discover Gowanus Playground from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Gowanus Playground” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gowanus Playground”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carroll Gardens Historic District and Cobble Hill Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground Children’s Play Area and Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Playground.
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