Fort Hamilton

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United States Army installation coastal fortification military base

Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
United States Army Garrison Fort Hamilton	0	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army installation → coastal fortification → military base →
category	Buildings and structures in Brooklyn → Coastal fortifications in the United States → Forts in New York City → Installations of the United States Army in New York State →
constructionStart	1820s →
coordinateSystem	geographic coordinates →
country	United States of America →
garrison	United States Army → surface form: United States Army units
hasAccessControl	controlled military access →
hasFunction	administrative support facility → harbor defense → military garrison →
hasHistoricUse	coastal defense of New York Harbor →
hasNearbyFacility	Fort Wadsworth → Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (Staten Island side) → surface form: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge toll plaza
hasStructure	chapel → coastal artillery batteries → enlisted barracks → gatehouse → officers' quarters → parade ground →
heritageStatus	historic military installation →
inception	19th century →
locatedIn	Brooklyn NERFINISHED → New York City → New York → surface form: New York State United States of America →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Borough of Brooklyn →
locatedInCounty	Kings County, New York NERFINISHED →
locatedInNeighborhood	Bay Ridge →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedNear	The Narrows → Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge NERFINISHED →
locatedOnBodyOfWater	New York Harbor estuarine system → surface form: New York Harbor
militaryBranch	United States Army →
namedAfter	Alexander Hamilton →
openToPublic	partially →
operator	United States Army →
partOf	New York City defense system → Fort Hamilton self-linksurface differs → surface form: United States Army Garrison Fort Hamilton
usedFor	family housing → military community services → mobilization support → recruiting →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bay Ridge → adjacentTo → Fort Hamilton →

Kings County → contains → Fort Hamilton →

The Narrows → defendedBy → Fort Hamilton →

Gravesend Bay → near → Fort Hamilton →

The Narrows → near → Fort Hamilton →

Fort Hamilton → partOf → Fort Hamilton self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: United States Army Garrison Fort Hamilton