Mont Sec House

Mont Sec House is a museum in Staten Island, New York. Mont Sec House is situated nearby to the ruins Glacis Gun Battery, as well as near the church Father Capodanno Memorial Chapel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Verrazano–Narrows Bridge and Arthur Von Briesen Park.

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 3,700 feet east of Mont Sec House.

Arthur Von Briesen Park

Park

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Battery Weed is situated 1,400 feet east of Mont Sec House.

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.

Mont Sec House

Type: Museum
Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60616° or 40° 36′ 22″ north

Longitude

-74.05902° or 74° 3′ 33″ west

Height

37 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87G7JW4R+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 241850443

OpenStreetMap feature

building=detached

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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