New York City Forts (edit list)
| Name
|
Estab
|
Abandon
|
Town
|
County
|
GPS
|
Notes
|
| Fort Independence
|
1776
|
1779
|
Kingsbridge
|
Bronx
|
40.88118,
-73.89779
|
|
| Fort No. 1 - NYC
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.88264,
-73.91873
|
|
| Fort No. 2 - NYC
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.88148,
-73.91435
|
|
| Fort No. 3 - NYC
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.88118,
-73.91277
|
|
| Fort No. 4 - NYC
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.87384,
-73.89861
|
|
| Fort No. 5 - NYC
|
1777
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.87238,
-73.90095
|
|
| Fort No. 6 - NYC
|
1777
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.86954,
-73.90382
|
|
| Fort No. 7 - NYC
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.86268,
-73.909
|
|
| Fort No. 8 - NYC
|
1776
|
1782
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.85737,
-73.91435
|
|
| King's Redoubt
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.87016,
-73.90588
|
|
| Rebel Redoubt
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
Bronx
|
40.86005,
-73.91016
|
|
| Fort Box
|
1776
|
1776
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68616,
-73.98384
|
Aka
Fort Boerum
|
| Fort Brooklyn
|
1780
|
1783
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.6954,
-73.99398
|
Aka
The Citadel
|
| Cobble Hill Fort
|
1776
|
1781
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68967,
-73.99371
|
Aka
Fort Corkscrew
Spiral Fort
|
| Fort Cummings
|
1814
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68991,
-73.98043
|
|
| Fort Defiance
|
1776
|
1776
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.673146,
-74.012430
|
|
| Fort Fireman
|
1814
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68616,
-73.98384
|
|
| Fort Greene
|
1812
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.69167,
-73.97583
|
|
| Fort Greene
|
1776
|
1783
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.6875,
-73.98307
|
|
| Fort Hamilton
|
1825
|
Present
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.60866,
-74.03253
|
|
| Fort Lawrence
|
1814
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.682,
-73.9908
|
|
| Fort Masonic
|
1814
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.6875,
-73.98307
|
|
| Fort Putnam
|
1776
|
1783
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.69167,
-73.97583
|
|
| Fort Stirling
|
1776
|
1783
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.69894,
-73.99577
|
|
| Fort Swift
|
1812
|
1815
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68967,
-73.99371
|
|
| Narrows Fort
|
1776
|
1783
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
|
|
| Oblong Redoubt
|
1776
|
1776
|
Brooklyn
|
Kings
|
40.68991,
-73.98043
|
|
| Castle Clinton
|
1809
|
1821
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.70344,
-74.01681
|
Aka
Fort Clinton
|
| Castle Williams
|
1807
|
1966
|
Governors Island
|
New York
|
40.6928,
-74.01945
|
|
| Citizens Redoubt
|
1780
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71229,
-73.99435
|
Aka
Badlam's Redoubt
|
| Fort Bunker Hill
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71996,
-73.99707
|
Aka
Independent Battery
Bayard's Hill Redoubt
|
| Fort Clinton
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.79528,
-73.95213
|
|
| Fort Cock Hill
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.87472,
-73.925
|
Aka
Fort Cock's Hill
Fort Cox Hill
New Battery
|
| Fort Fish
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.797,
-73.96
|
|
| Fort George
|
1626
|
1790
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.70433,
-74.01377
|
Aka
Fort Amsterdam
Fort James
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort William Henry
Fort Anne
|
| Fort George
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.8555,
-73.92712
|
Aka
Laurel Hill Battery
Fort Clinton
|
| Fort Gibson
|
1795
|
1861
|
Ellis Island
|
New York
|
40.69917,
-74.03917
|
Aka
Crown Fort
|
| Fort Jay
|
1794
|
1966
|
Governors Island
|
New York
|
40.69139,
-74.01611
|
Aka
Fort Columbus
|
| Fort Laight
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.81269,
-73.95839
|
|
| Fort Tryon
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.86182,
-73.93296
|
Aka
Forest Hill Redoubt
|
| Fort Washington
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.85278,
-73.93833
|
Aka
Fort Knyphausen
|
| Grenadier's Battery
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71893,
-74.0114
|
Aka
Foundry Redoubt
|
| Horn's Hook Fort
|
1776
|
1783
|
Manhattan Island
|
New York
|
40.77674,
-73.94297
|
Aka
Thompson's Battery
|
| Hospital Redoubt
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71766,
-74.00753
|
|
| Jersey Battery
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71744,
-74.01152
|
|
| Jones Hill Fort
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71613,
-73.98367
|
Aka
Fort Pitt
|
| King's Bridge Redoubt
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.87674,
-73.9066
|
|
| Lispenard's Redoubt
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.7218,
-74.00643
|
Aka
Star Redoubt
|
| McGowan's Pass Redoubt
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.79528,
-73.95213
|
|
| Mill Rock Fort
|
1812
|
1815
|
Mill Rock Island
|
New York
|
40.78071,
-73.93827
|
|
| NYC Blockhouse No. 1
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.79865,
-73.95629
|
|
| NYC Blockhouse No. 2
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.80384,
-73.9585
|
|
| NYC Blockhouse No. 3
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.80883,
-73.9561
|
|
| NYC Blockhouse No. 4
|
1814
|
1815
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.81006,
-73.95514
|
|
| Oyster Battery
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.70724,
-74.0143
|
Aka
McDougall's Battery
|
| Turtle Bay Depot
|
Unk
|
1775
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.75145,
-73.96626
|
|
| Turtle Bay Redoubt
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.75029,
-73.96714
|
|
| Waterbury's Battery
|
1776
|
1776
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.71016,
-73.9965
|
|
| Whitehall Battery
|
1776
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.70235,
-74.01338
|
|
| Fort Prince Charles
|
1776
|
1779
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.87627,
-73.90945
|
Aka
Fort No. 9 - NYC
Charles Redoubt
|
| Grand Battery
|
1766
|
1783
|
NYC
|
New York
|
40.70316,
-74.0157
|
|
| Fort Stevens
|
1814
|
1815
|
Fort Stevens
|
Queens
|
40.77798,
-73.93426
|
|
| Fort Tilden
|
1917
|
1974
|
Rockaway
|
Queens
|
40.56389,
-73.89111
|
Aka
Camp Rockaway Beach
|
| Fort Tompkins
|
1807
|
1946
|
Staten Island
|
Richmond
|
40.60496,
-74.05663
|
|
| Fort Wadsworth
|
1865
|
1994
|
Staten Island
|
Richmond
|
40.60551,
-74.05416
|
|
Related
Badlam's Redoubt, Bayard's Hill Redoubt, Camp Rockaway Beach, Castle Clinton, Castle Williams, Charles Redoubt, Citizens Redoubt, Cobble Hill Fort, Crown Fort, Forest Hill Redoubt, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Anne, Fort Boerum, Fort Box, Fort Brooklyn, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Clinton, Fort Clinton, Fort Clinton, Fort Clinton, Fort Cock Hill, Fort Cock's Hill, Fort Columbus, Fort Corkscrew, Fort Cox Hill, Fort Cummings, Fort Cummings, Fort Defiance, Fort Defiance, Fort Delancey, Fort Fireman, Fort Fish, Fort George, Fort George, Fort George, Fort Gibson, Fort Greene, Fort Greene, Fort Greene, Fort Hamilton, Fort Independence, Fort Independence, Fort James, Fort Jay, Fort Knyphausen, Fort Laight, Fort Lawrence, Fort Lawrence, Fort Masonic, Fort No. 1 - NYC, Fort No. 2 - NYC, Fort No. 3 - NYC, Fort No. 4 - NYC, Fort No. 5 - NYC, Fort No. 6 - NYC, Fort No. 7 - NYC, Fort No. 8 - NYC, Fort No. 9 - NYC, Fort Pitt, Fort Prince Charles, Fort Putnam, Fort Putnam, Fort Stevens, Fort Stevens, Fort Stirling, Fort Swift, Fort Tilden, Fort Tompkins, Fort Tryon, Fort Wadsworth, Fort Washington, Fort Washington, Fort Willem Hendrick, Fort William Henry, Foundry Redoubt, Grand Battery, Grenadier's Battery, Horn's Hook Fort, Hospital Redoubt, Independent Battery, Jersey Battery, Jones Hill Fort, King's Bridge Redoubt, King's Redoubt, Laurel Hill Battery, Lispenard's Redoubt, McGowan's Pass Redoubt, Mill Rock Fort, New Battery, New York City Blockhouses, Oblong Redoubt, Oyster Battery, Paulus Hook Fort, Rebel Redoubt, Spiral Fort, Star Redoubt, Thompson's Battery, Turtle Bay Depot, Turtle Bay Redoubt, Waterbury's Battery, Whitehall Battery,