TV channels & antenna towers in Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn is a city of about 2,300,000 people in New York. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 52 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 5 Class A, 23 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 29 at good or strong strength.

40 of them are within 25 miles of Brooklyn, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to New York, so most of the network channels you will find here come from New York's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (WABC-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WNBC), Fox on channel 5 (WNYW), CW on channel 11 (WPIX), ION on channel 31 (WPXN-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WNJU), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 33.1 (WJLP). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 12 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna NNW, at about 328°. The main network towers for Brooklyn sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WCBS-TV, WNYW, WNBC, WNJU and WPXN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 5.5 miles northwest of Brooklyn (323° NW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Brooklyn at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Brooklyn, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Brooklyn is WABC-TV (ABC), 7.0 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WCBS-TV is only 5.5 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 39 stations at fair strength or better, Brooklyn ranks 164th of 1,012 places in New York: more than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 5.5 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

34% of New York's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is New York City, 5.3 miles away.