Site of the Dongan Oak
Site of the Dongan Oak is a monument in Brooklyn, New York. Site of the Dongan Oak is situated nearby to Hall of Animals, as well as near Animal Lifestyles.- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Battle Pass”
- Inscription: “At the Battle of Long Island, on the hill to the north of this site, the Americans had a redoubt with two guns, to guard the Old Valley Grove Road, called by the early settlers the ‘Porte’, meaning gate-way through the hills, and which ran in front of...”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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 Botanic Garden
Garden
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.
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 1,900 feet northeast of Site of the Dongan Oak.
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
Photo: GK tramrunner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Site of the Dongan Oak
- Category: historic site
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.66616° or 40° 39′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.96655° or 73° 57′ 60″ westOpen location code
87G8M28M+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6582242072OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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