The Catacombs
The Catacombs is a tomb in Brooklyn, New York. The Catacombs is situated nearby to the pond Crescent Water, as well as near Dell Water.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Park and Battle Hill.
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.
Battle Hill
Peak
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Battle Hill is the highest natural point in Brooklyn, New York, United States, at 216 feet above sea level. The hill is part of the Harbor Hill Moraine, a terminal moraine formed during the last glacial period.
Ninth Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ninth Avenue station is a bi-level express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street in Brooklyn. Ninth Avenue station is situated 2,400 feet southwest of The Catacombs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor Terrace and South Slope.
Windsor Terrace
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope at Prospect Park West, Green-Wood Cemetery, and Borough Park at McDonald Avenue on the northwest, west, and southwest, and Kensington at Caton Avenue on the south.
South Slope
Neighborhood
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.
Kensington
Neighborhood
Kensington is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located south of Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery. Kensington and Parkville are bordered by the Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park subsections of Flatbush to the east; Windsor Terrace to the north; Borough Park to the west; and Midwood to the south.
The Catacombs
- Type: Tomb
- Categories: building, historic site, and burial
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.65114° or 40° 39′ 4″ northLongitude
-73.98829° or 73° 59′ 18″ westOpen location code
87G8M226+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1355082793OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tomb
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