Details for Benchmark: KU1255

N 40° 35.233 W 073° 56.417 (NAD 83)

Altitude: 12.96

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is ADJUSTED and location is SCALED. (more info)

Location:
In KINGS county, NY View Original Datasheet
Designation:
J 353
Marker Type:
bench mark disk
Setting:
massive structures
Stability:
Probably hold position/elevation well.

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Found it 02/08/2015 BenchmarkHunter found KU1255   Visit Log

Found in good condition as described. The mark is just to the right of the first entrance along 29th Street. The school is undergoing construction, and is enclosed in a fine meshed black construction netting. I was able to obtain a reasonable picture of the benchmark disk through the netting, but a setting shot would have been impossible.

[Photos:]
photoJ353 Disk
Found it 06/21/2006 Papa-Bear-NYC found KU1255   Visit Log

Found as described in good condition.

This one is to the right of the entrance behind the bushes. If you go up near the door and look behind the branches you'll see it. I apologize for the quality of the picture. It was a tough spot given the location.

[Photos:]
photoKU1255 "J 353" setting, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
photoKU1255 "J 353", Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn NY

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1952 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 AT NEW YORK. AT NEW YORK, IN BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, AT INTERSECTION OF VOORHIES AVENUE AND EAST 29TH STREET, 32 FEET EAST OF EAST CURB OF EAST 29TH STREET, 50 FEET NORTH OF NORTH CURB OF VOORHIES AVENUE, SET VERTICALLY IN THE WEST FACE OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY SCHOOL BUILDING, 1.3 FEET NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THREE STORY PORTION OF BUILDING AND 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
01/01/1989 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1989 (RA) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

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  • The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds.
  • The orthometric height was determined by differential leveling and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1991.
  • The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
  • The dynamic height is computed by dividing the NAVD 88 geopotential number by the normal gravity value computed on the Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80) ellipsoid at 45 degrees latitude (g = 980.6199 gals.).
  • The modeled gravity was interpolated from observed gravity values.

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