Blockhouse No. 1

Blockhouse No. 1, colloquially known as The Blockhouse, is a small fort in the North Woods section of , , . Finished in 1814, the Blockhouse is the second-oldest structure in the park, after Cleopatra's Needle, and the oldest surviving structure originally built within the park site.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …dates from 1814
  • …has 1 floor
  • Description: fort in New York City’s Central Park
  • Also known as
    “Blockhouse”
    “The Blockhouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Frederick Douglass Circle.
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A vast green swath of open space in the heart…
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is a traffic circle located… is situated 870 feet northwest of Blockhouse No. 1.
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The , often referred… is situated 1 mile south of Blockhouse No. 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and East Harlem.
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Upper is a large, relatively under-visited…

Blockhouse No. 1

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Latitude
40.79867° or 40° 47′ 55″ north
Longitude
-73.95629° or 73° 57′ 23″ west
Open location code
87G8Q2XV+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39243913
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q4927275

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Blockhouse No. 1” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Блокхаўз №1”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المبنى رقم 1”
  • German: “Blockhouse No. 1”
  • Japanese: “第1ブロックハウス”
  • Polish: “Blokhauz № 1”
  • Russian: “Блокгауз № 1”
  • Ukrainian: “Блокгауз, Нью-Йорк”

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