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Fort Hamilton

Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the borough of , surrounded by the communities of and .
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York
  • Also known as: “Fort Hamilton (N.Y.)” and “Fort Hamilton, New York”
  • Address: NY 11252

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harbor Defense Museum and Verrazano–Narrows Bridge.

Museum
The , sometimes called The Caponier, is a 19th-century fort within the grounds of Fort Hamilton in the Bay Ridge section of , New York, United States. is situated 1,400 feet west of Fort Hamilton.

Bridge
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The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of and in , United States. It spans , a body of water linking the relatively enclosed with and the Atlantic Ocean. is situated 1 mile west of Fort Hamilton.

Park
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is a public park located in Fort Hamilton, , . The park borders Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, 101st Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway. is situated 2,000 feet west of Fort Hamilton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hamilton and Dyker Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the borough of , surrounded by the communities of and .

Neighborhood
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is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of in . It is on a hill between , , , and .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of , located at the southwestern edge of the borough on . The neighborhood borders and to the northeast across 86th Street; to the northwest across 14th Avenue; and to the east across Stillwell Avenue. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort Hamilton.

Fort Hamilton

Latitude
40.60888° or 40° 36′ 32″ north
Longitude
-74.0271° or 74° 1′ 38″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Inception
June 11th, 1825
Operator
United States Army
Open location code
87G7JX5F+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 511676025
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Wiki­data ID
Q5471273
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Fort Hamilton” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Fort Hamilton”
  • Chinese: “哈密尔顿堡”
  • Chinese: “哈密爾頓堡”
  • Chinese: “汉密尔顿堡”
  • Chinese: “漢密爾頓堡”
  • French: “Fort Hamilton”
  • Hebrew: “פורט המילטון”
  • Italian: “forte Hamilton”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ハミルトン”
  • Swedish: “Fort Hamilton”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Hamilton Bowling Center and Fort Hamilton Chapel.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Hamilton”. Photo: JeffreyW75, GFDL.