Vernon and Throop Community Garden

Vernon and Throop Community Garden is a garden in Brooklyn, New York which is located on Throop Avenue. Vernon and Throop Community Garden is situated nearby to the garden Tranquility Farm, as well as near Mt. Zion Pentacostal Holy Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sumner Avenue station and Tompkins Avenue station.

Sumner Avenue station

Historic site

The Sumner Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The station was located at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Sumner Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The station opened in 1889, and closed in 1969. Sumner Avenue station is situated 790 feet northeast of Vernon and Throop Community Garden.

Tompkins Avenue station

Historic site

The Tompkins Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The station was located at the intersection of Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, one block east of the Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues station on the IND Crosstown Line, though there were no free transfers between the two stations. Tompkins Avenue station is situated 910 feet west of Vernon and Throop Community Garden.

Willoughby Playground

Park

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Willoughby Playground is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and Clinton Hill.

Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush

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Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush are in Brooklyn. In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.

Clinton Hill

Neighborhood

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Clinton Hill is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north, Williamsburg to the northeast, Classon Avenue and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the east, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and Fort Greene to the west.

Bushwick

Quarter

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Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bound by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southeast; and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south and southwest.

Vernon and Throop Community Garden

Type: Garden
Address: 253 Throop Avenue, 11206
Category: recreation area
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.69521° or 40° 41′ 43″ north

Longitude

-73.94311° or 73° 56′ 35″ west

Open location code

87G8M3W4+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1419728612

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tranquility Farm and Mt. Zion Pentacostal Holy Church.

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