Fort Clinton
Fort Clinton was a stone-and-earthworks fortification on an elevation within what is now Central Park in New York City. It was built in 1814 near the present line of 107th Street, slightly west of Fifth Avenue.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former fort in New York City’s Central Park
- Also known as: “Fort Clinton, Central Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park and Museum of the City of New York.
Central Park
Photo: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
Museum of the City of New York
Museum
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of the City of New York is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown in 1923 to preserve and present the history of New York City and its people. Museum of the City of New York is situated 1,000 feet south of Fort Clinton.
El Museo del Barrio
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo, is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the City of New York. El Museo del Barrio is situated 820 feet south of Fort Clinton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Harlem and Manhattan Valley.
East Harlem
Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.
Manhattan Valley
Neighborhood
Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.
Harlem
Quarter
Photo: Momos, Public domain.
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street on the south.
Fort Clinton
- Categories: tourism, pedestrian zone, historic site, and fort
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.79529° or 40° 47′ 43″ northLongitude
-73.95215° or 73° 57′ 8″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Inception
1814Open location code
87G8Q2WX+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 47091894OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
10338719Wikidata ID
Q5470941
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Fort Clinton” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Форт Клінтан”
- Japanese: “クリントン砦”
- Japanese: “フォート・クリントン (セントラルパーク)”
- Polish: “Fort Clinton”
- Russian: “Форт Клинтон”
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