Castle Clinton
Castle Clinton is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first American immigration station, predating Ellis Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Blackcat, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: former fortress in New York City
- Also known as: “Emigrant Landing Depot”, “New York Aquarium”, and “West Battery”
- Historically known as: “Castle Garden”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Battery and Freedom Tower.
The Battery
Park
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 3,600 feet north of Castle Clinton.
Skyscraper Museum
Museum
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Skyscraper Museum is an architecture museum in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, founded in 1996. The museum focuses on high-rise buildings as "products of technology, objects of design, sites of construction, investments… Skyscraper Museum is situated 870 feet north of Castle Clinton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial District and Battery Park City.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, 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.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Battery Park City is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is situated along the Hudson River waterfront, and separated the Financial District and Tribeca by the West Side Highway.
TriBeCa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A former industrial district in Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa, short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.
Castle Clinton
- Categories: public aquarium, theater building, beer garden, and fortress
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Liberty Gateway and Oakwood Battery Park.
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