Castle Clinton

Castle Clinton is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of in , United States. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first American immigration station, predating .
Wikipedia
Photo: Blackcat, Public domain.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: former fortress in New York City
  • Also known as: “Castle Clinton National Monument”, “Emigrant Landing Depot”, “Fort Clinton”, “New York Aquarium”, and “West Battery”
  • Historically known as: “Castle Garden”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Battery and Freedom Tower.

Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of in facing .

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the , is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in , New York City. is situated 3,600 feet north of Castle Clinton.

College
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– School of Film and Acting is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in , , and . is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Castle Clinton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Financial District and Battery Park City.

Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The comprises the southern tip of , with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of in . The neighborhood is situated along the waterfront, and separated the and by the West Side Highway.

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A former industrial district in Lower , , short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.

Castle Clinton

Latitude
40.70347° or 40° 42′ 13″ north
Longitude
-74.01678° or 74° 1′ 0″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87G7PX3M+97
Geo­Names ID
5111724
Wiki­data ID
Q1049423
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Castle Clinton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كلينتون”
  • Catalan: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • Catalan: “Castle Clinton”
  • Catalan: “Fort Clinton”
  • Cebuano: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • Chinese: “克林顿城堡”
  • Chinese: “克林顿堡”
  • Danish: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • Danish: “Castle Clinton”
  • Dutch: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • Dutch: “Castle clinton”
  • Dutch: “Castle Clinton”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal monument Castle Clinton”
  • Finnish: “Castle Clinton”
  • French: “Castel Garden”
  • French: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • French: “Castle Clinton”
  • French: “Castle Garden”
  • French: “Fort Clinton”
  • German: “Castle Clinton National Monument”
  • German: “Castle Clinton”
  • German: “Castle Garden”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר קלינטון”
  • Hungarian: “Castle Clinton”
  • Italian: “Castle Clinton”
  • Japanese: “キャッスル・ガーデン”
  • Japanese: “キャッスル・クリントン”
  • Japanese: “フォート・クリントン”
  • Korean: “클린턴 성”
  • Portuguese: “Castle Clinton”
  • Portuguese: “Castle Garden”
  • Russian: “Касл-Клинтон”
  • Spanish: “Castle Clinton”
  • Swedish: “Castle Clinton nationalmonument”
  • Swedish: “Castle Clinton”
  • Swedish: “Castle Garden”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Clinton”

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