TV channels & antenna towers in Brownsville, New York

With roughly 74,500 residents, Brownsville is a city 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, 40 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 27 at good or strong strength.

40 of them are within 25 miles of Brownsville, 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 NW, at about 312°. The main network towers for Brownsville 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 6.1 miles northwest of Brownsville (306° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Brownsville at fair strength or better, all arrive from the northwest, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Brownsville is WABC-TV (ABC), 6.9 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WCBS-TV is only 6.1 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 40 stations at fair strength or better, Brownsville ranks 63rd of 1,012 places in New York: more than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 6.1 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 East Flatbush, 0.7 miles away.