Gate House
Gate House is a military installation in Staten Island, New York. Gate House is situated nearby to the military installation Battery Weed, as well as near the lighthouse Fort Wadsworth Light.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Battery Weed and Fort Wadsworth Light.
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.
Fort Wadsworth Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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 2,400 feet east of Gate 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.
Gate House
- Type: Military installation
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.60546° or 40° 36′ 20″ northLongitude
-74.05439° or 74° 3′ 16″ westInception
1861Height
27 feet (8.1 metres)Open location code
87G7JW4W+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 241851159OpenStreetMap feature
building=gatehouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=military
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