Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair
Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair is a memorial in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair is situated nearby to Dr. Ronald McNair Park, as well as near the school building Prospect Heights High School.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
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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 500 feet west of Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Crown Heights.
Prospect Heights
Neighborhood
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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.
Crown Heights
Neighborhood
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Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard to the south.
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.
Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: ““The satisfying thing about physics itself is the feeling of having understood and unlocked something heretofore unknown” / “Defy and simply ignore any of the inevitable obstacles that will impede your pursuit of your goal.””
- Category: historic site
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.67054° or 40° 40′ 14″ northLongitude
-73.962° or 73° 57′ 43″ westOpen location code
87G8M2CQ+66OpenStreetMap ID
node 9520366956OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Heights High School and Ginkgo Allée.
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