Harbor Defense Museum

The Harbor Defense Museum, sometimes called The Caponier, is a 19th-century fort within the grounds of Fort Hamilton in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Type: Museum
Description: military museum in Brooklyn New York, United States
Address: 230 Sheridan Loop, 11209

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Verrazano–Narrows Bridge and John Paul Jones 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 3,900 feet west of Harbor Defense Museum.

John Paul Jones Park

Park

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

John Paul Jones Park is a public park located in Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The park borders Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, 101st Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway. John Paul Jones Park is situated 900 feet northwest of Harbor Defense Museum.

Fort Hamilton

Military installation

Photo: JeffreyW75, GFDL.

Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Fort Hamilton is situated 1,400 feet east of Harbor Defense Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hamilton and Dyker Heights.

Fort Hamilton

Neighborhood

Photo: GK tramrunner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.

Dyker Heights

Neighborhood

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Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is on a hill between Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Gravesend Bay.

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. Fort Wadsworth is situated 1½ miles west of Harbor Defense Museum.

Harbor Defense Museum

Categories: military museum, building, tourism, historic site, military installation, and tourist attraction
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60891° or 40° 36′ 32″ north

Longitude

-74.03205° or 74° 1′ 55″ west

Inception

1826

Height

16 feet (4.8 metres)

Open location code

87G7JX59+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 249053508

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=military

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5654590

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In Other Languages

“Harbor Defense Museum” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Harbor Defense Museum”

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