Distance in meters between two Spacial Points in MySQL query

Question

I am trying to query a MySQL database (version 5.7.15) to retrieve all locations that are within 300 meters from some coordinates (40.7542, -73.9961 in my case):

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Answer 1

Note that in MySql the order of coordinates are:
1. POINT(lng, lat) - no SRID
2. ST_GeomFromText('POINT(lat lng)', 4326) - with SRID

select st_distance_sphere(POINT(-73.9949,40.7501), POINT( -73.9961,40.7542)) 

will return 466.9696023582369, as expected, and 466.9696023582369 > 300 of course