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Fort Jay

Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on in , within . Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the…
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: coastal star fort in New York City
  • Also known as: “Fort Columbus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Battery and Federal Hall.

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 .

Historic building
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was the first capitol building of the United States established under the Constitution. Serving as the meeting place of the First United States Congress and the site of George Washington's first presidential inauguration, the building was located at the intersection of Wall and Broad streets in , New York City, from 1703 to 1812. is situated 1¼ miles north of Fort Jay.

School
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The Urban Assembly , also called the Harbor School, is a public high school located on . This school is unique in New York City, which has 538 miles of waterfront, in that it attempts to relate every aspect of its curriculum to the water. is situated 1,200 feet west of Fort Jay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia Street Waterfront District and Cobble Hill.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood in the borough of in on the Upper New York Bay waterfront between and and situated on the western side of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of . A small neighborhood comprising 40 blocks, sits adjacent to Brooklyn Heights to the north, Boerum Hill to the east, Carroll Gardens to the south, and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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The is a municipal and national historic district located in the neighborhood of , . The national district consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s.

Fort Jay

Latitude
40.69142° or 40° 41′ 29″ north
Longitude
-74.016° or 74° 0′ 58″ west
Inception
1794
Open location code
87G7MXRM+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1388461669
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q5470967
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Fort Jay” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “傑伊堡”
  • Chinese: “杰伊堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Jay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن جاى”
  • French: “fort Jay”
  • French: “Fort Jay”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ג’יי”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ジェイ”
  • Spanish: “Fort Jay”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Visitor Center and The Trust for Governors Island.

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