Arthur Von Briesen Park
Arthur Von Briesen Park is a park in Staten Island, New York. Arthur Von Briesen Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fort Wadsworth, as well as near Arrochar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Arthur von Briesen Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Verrazano–Narrows Bridge and Battery Weed.
Verrazano–Narrows Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New York Harbor with Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Battery Weed
Military installation
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Battery Weed is a four-tiered 19th century fortification guarding the Narrows, the main approach from the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. Located on the Staten Island waterfront on the west shore of the Narrows, directly across from Fort Hamilton and the now-destroyed Fort Lafayette in Brooklyn, the fort was intended to protect New York from attack by sea.
Fort Wadsworth Light
Lighthouse
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Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Wadsworth and Arrochar.
Fort Wadsworth
Neighborhood
Photo: whomever, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Wadsworth is a former United States military installation on Staten Island in New York City, situated on The Narrows which divide New York Bay into Upper and Lower bays, a natural point for defense of the Upper Bay, Manhattan, and beyond.
Arrochar
Neighborhood
Arrochar is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. It is located directly inland of Fort Wadsworth and South Beach, on the east side of Hylan Boulevard south of the Staten Island Expressway; the community of Grasmere borders it on the west.
Arthur Von Briesen Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.60765° or 40° 36′ 28″ northLongitude
-74.05892° or 74° 3′ 32″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
87G7JW5R+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 33967953OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5107387Wikidata ID
Q34803446
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In Other Languages
“Arthur Von Briesen Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Arthur Von Briesen Park”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Beach and Clifton.
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Highlights include Clifton Lake and Mont Sec House.
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