Fort Wadsworth Light
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Wadsworth Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Battery Weed and Verrazano–Narrows Bridge.
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.
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, 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. Verrazano–Narrows Bridge is situated 2,300 feet east of Fort Wadsworth Light.
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, 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.
Fort Wadsworth Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.60581° or 40° 36′ 21″ northLongitude
-74.05394° or 74° 3′ 14″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G7JW4W+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 411613101OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Fort Wadsworth Light” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Wadsworth Light”
- French: “phare de Fort Wadsworth”
- French: “Phare de Fort Wadsworth”
- German: “Fort Wadsworth Light”
- Slovenian: “Fort Wadsworth Light”
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