Fort Wadsworth

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Verrazano–Narrows Bridge and Battery Weed.

Verrazano–Narrows Bridge

Bridge

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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 4,100 feet northeast of Fort Wadsworth.

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 2,100 feet northeast of Fort Wadsworth.

Fort Wadsworth Light

Lighthouse

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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. Fort Wadsworth Light is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Fort Wadsworth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arrochar and South Beach.

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.

South Beach

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, situated directly south of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge. South Beach is bounded by New York Bay on the southeast, Seaview Avenue on the southwest, Laconia Avenue on the northwest, Reid and McClean Avenues on the north, and Lily Pond Avenue on the northeast.

Fort Wadsworth

Type: Park
Also known as: “Gateway National Recreation Area”
Category: recreation area
Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.60089° or 40° 36′ 3″ north

Longitude

-74.05877° or 74° 3′ 32″ west

Operator

National Park Service

Named after

James S. Wadsworth

Open location code

87G7JW2R+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33967409

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include U.S. Army and Fort Wadsworth Visitor’s Center and Museum.

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