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Wave Hill

Wave Hill is a 28-acre estate in the Hudson Hill section of in , . Wave Hill currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the , with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Garden
  • Description: organization in New York, United States
  • Address: 4900 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riverdale station and Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex.

Railway station
Photo: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving the neighborhood of , . The , located at the foot of West 254th Street, is the northernmost Metro-North station in the Bronx. is situated 2,200 feet north of Wave Hill.

Church
Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverdale Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 4761-4765 Henry Hudson Parkway in the neighborhood of the Bronx, . is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Wave Hill.

Park
is a 3.5-acre park and playground in the section of . It includes bathrooms, a playground, a woodland area and the Sid Augarten baseball field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverdale and Fieldston.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of . , which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point at the University of Mount Saint Vincent.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a privately owned affluent neighborhood in the section of the northwestern part of the borough of . It is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the south, Henry Hudson Parkway to the west, 250th Street to the north, and Broadway to the east.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a neighborhood of , . It is bounded on the north by , on the east by , on the south by the , and on the west by the . Some consider it to be the southernmost part of Riverdale.

Wave Hill

Latitude
40.89872° or 40° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
-73.91249° or 73° 54′ 45″ west
Open location code
87G8V3XQ+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171554773
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­garden
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3089144
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Satellite Map

Discover Wave Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Wave Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واف هيل”
  • Arabic: “ويف هيل”
  • Catalan: “Wave Hill”
  • Chinese: “波丘園”
  • Dutch: “Wave Hill”
  • French: “Wave Hill”
  • German: “Wave Hill”
  • Italian: “Wave Hill”
  • Japanese: “ウェーブ・ヒル”
  • Russian: “Уэйв-Хилл”
  • Spanish: “Wave Hill”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейв Хілл (Нью-Йорк)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейв-Гілл”

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Highlights include Glyndor Gallery and Riverdale Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wave Hill”. Photo: eviltomthai, CC BY 2.0.