Line of Defense

Line of Defense is a memorial in Brooklyn, New York. Line of Defense is situated nearby to the recreation area Nellie’s Lawn, as well as near the playground Zucker Natural Play Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Museum.

Prospect Park

Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Prospect Park is in Brooklyn. It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect Park South.

Brooklyn Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Brooklyn Museum is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Line of Defense.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Garden

Photo: Stavenn, CC BY 2.5.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies 52 acres in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Park Slope.

Prospect Heights

Neighborhood

Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at Grand Army Plaza – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.

Park Slope

Neighborhood

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Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.

Flatbush

Quarter

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park to the north, East Flatbush to the east, Midwood to the south, and Kensington and Parkville to the west.

Line of Defense

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “LINE OF DEFENSE / AUGUST 27, 1776 / BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND / 175 FEET SOUTH ------ / SITE OF VALLEY GROVE HOUSE / -------150 FEET NORTH”
Category: historic site
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.66679° or 40° 40′ 0″ north

Longitude

-73.96746° or 73° 58′ 3″ west

Open location code

87G8M28M+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14159724648

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nellie’s Lawn and Zucker Natural Play Area.

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