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 Rosebank.

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. 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

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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 Rosebank.

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.

Rosebank

Neighborhood

Rosebank is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs. It borders Clifton to the north, Arrochar to the south, and the Upper New York Bay to the east.

Arrochar

Neighborhood

Arrochar is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, 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″ north

Longitude

-74.05892° or 74° 3′ 32″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Operator

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Open location code

87G7JW5R+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33967953

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5107387

Wikidata 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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