Battery Dix
Battery Dix is a bunker in Staten Island, New York. Battery Dix is situated nearby to the park Fort Wadsworth, as well as near the military installation U.S. Army.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Verrazano–Narrows Bridge and Battery Weed.
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 northeast of Battery Dix.
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 2,300 feet north of Battery Dix.
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. Fort Wadsworth Light is situated 2,400 feet north of Battery Dix.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Wadsworth and South Beach.
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.
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.
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.
Battery Dix
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building, historic site, fort, and military installation
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.59935° or 40° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-74.05611° or 74° 3′ 22″ westOpen location code
87G7HWXV+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 35099186OpenStreetMap feature
building=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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