Can Anyone Tell Me Where This Is ?

[atalanta]

40.38’51” N 73.58’ 11” W

[quizman55]

Stratford Road ,Brooklyn, New York City (rear of an house)

[Baldric]

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, NYC

[stuey]

That's a coincidence, Baldric. Just two hours ago I finished a novel by Robert K Tannenbaum, and that memorial was mentioned in the last few pages!

[atalanta]

That is fascinating. Actually it is the title of a book published several years ago. I saw the title in a list of newly published British books, and I have always wondered what it meant.
I tried Google maps and a couple of other websites, but got no sense out of them. How did you locate the spot ?

[New Judge]

You use something like this:

http://www.latlong.net/lat-long-dms.html

There are a number available.

[stuey]

Chris Columbus had one of them there things. Not a lot of people know that.

[ABerrant]

You need only plug the alphanumerics (forget the symbols) into Google search

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=40 38 51 N 73 58 11 W

[ABerrant]

... which if you use spaces will not produce an adequate link in AB ;-)

[EDDIE51]

Using N J's link, just off the coast of New York City.

[EDDIE51]

It is 40.3815 and -73.5811 you have to put the - for minus before the W figure ! or it does not work.

[ABerrant]

EDDIE51 40° 38' 51" N 73° 58' 11" W (as per the title of the Mark Cobley book)

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in your nomenclature would be 40.647483 and -73.9719517

and points to the address in the first answer provided by quizman55

[jno]

stuey, Columbus had two logbooks, one recording where they were and one faked one he showed the crew to reassure them they were much nearer the destination than they really were.