Gowanus Canal

Summary

Gowanus Canal is a canal^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of canal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gowanus Canal is located in Brooklyn^[3].
• Gowanus Canal is in the country of United States^[4].
• Gowanus Canal's image is recorded as Union Street Gowanus New York October 2021 panorama 1.jpg^[5].
• Gowanus Canal's instance of is recorded as canal^[6].
• Gowanus Canal's instance of is recorded as tidal creek^[7].
• Gowanus Canal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315146563^[8].
• Gowanus Canal's GND ID is recorded as 117183151X^[9].
• Gowanus Canal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89005636^[10].
• Gowanus Canal's Commons category is recorded as Gowanus Canal^[11].
• Gowanus Canal's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Upper New York Bay^[12].
• Gowanus Canal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.66694444444445, 'lon': -74.00305555555556}^[13].
• Gowanus Canal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.681666666666665, 'lon': -73.98694444444445}^[14].
• Gowanus Canal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.674166666666665, 'lon': -73.99638888888889}^[15].
• Gowanus Canal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bxxb^[16].
• Gowanus Canal's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5118959^[17].
• Gowanus Canal's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 2357585^[18].
• Gowanus Canal's Foursquare City Guide venue ID is recorded as 4c8bbf61f87e224b73282e05^[19].
• Gowanus Canal's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.9'}^[20].
• Gowanus Canal's connects with is recorded as Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel^[21].
• Gowanus Canal's KML file is recorded as Template:Attached KML/Gowanus Canal^[22].
• Gowanus Canal's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gowanus-Canal^[23].
• Gowanus Canal's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Canal", "GowanusCanal::w8hyk"]^[24].
• Gowanus Canal's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007534566105171^[25].
• Gowanus Canal's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/7a3389b1-9b04-4ef2-971a-f2ad1aeecec0^[26].

Body

Geography

Gowanus Canal is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Brooklyn^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Gowanus Canal's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.9'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include canal^[6] and tidal creek^[7].

Why It Matters

Gowanus Canal ranks in the top 3% of canal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]