Brooklyn Geographic coordinates

Brooklyn is located at latitude 40.6501 and longitude -73.94958. It is part of America and the northern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

40.6501, -73.94958

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

40.6501° N 73.9496° W

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°39'0.4'' N 73°56.975' W

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Brooklyn have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Brooklyn with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of United States

There are many systems and formats to represent geographic coordinates. The following table matches the equivalence between the most common formats:

System Latitude Longitude
Simple decimal standard 40.6501 -73.94958
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.6501° N 73.9496° W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°39.006' N 73°56.975' W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°39'0.4'' N 73°56'58.5'' W

Cities at the same latitude as Brooklyn

City Coordinates
New York City, United States 40.71427, -74.00597
Madrid, Spain 40.4165, -3.70256
Queens, United States 40.68149, -73.83652
Manhattan, United States 40.78343, -73.96625
The Bronx, United States 40.84985, -73.86641

Cities at the same longitude as Brooklyn

City Coordinates
Bucaramanga, Colombia 7.12539, -73.1198
Montréal, Canada 45.50884, -73.58781
Iquitos, Peru -3.74912, -73.25383
Villavicencio, Colombia 4.142, -73.62664
Valledupar, Colombia 10.46314, -73.25322