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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Coney Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coney Island and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Coney Island:
    • 40.578991, -73.985230
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Coney Island
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Coney Island ...

We found four communities that share the name Coney Island.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Coney Island.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the north of the Coney Island that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Coney Island.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Coney Island [Campbell County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carver County
      • This Coney Island is located in Carver County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coney Island that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carver County community of Coney Island.
    • Missouri
      • Stone County
      • This Coney Island is located in Stone County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the west of the Coney Island that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Coney Island.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coney Island ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bath Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Breezy Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Flatbush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatbush have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
    • Flatbush is located in Kings County
  • Flatlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
    • Fox Hills is located in Richmond County
  • Gravesend
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gravesend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesend
    • Gravesend is located in Kings County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gravesend
    • From Coney Island to Gravesend
  • Marcus Garvey Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcus Garvey Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village
    • Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County
  • Park Slope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
    • Park Slope is located in Kings County
  • Red Hook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rockaway Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockaway Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Point
    • Rockaway Point is located in Queens County
  • Rosebank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosebank have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
    • Rosebank is located in Richmond County
  • Sheepshead Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunnyside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Richmond County

How Far From Coney Island to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coney Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coney Island and extending to:

  • Brooklyn, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Coney Island to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,280 miles [6,888 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coney Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coney Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coney Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5790, Longitude: -73.9852    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Coney Island could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Coney Island to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.945 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.499 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.715 degrees.




 

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