Fort Wadsworth Reservation, New York, New York. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 20, 1972. NRIS 72000908.
3 contributing buildings.
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. When built, it was named Fort Richmond, as was a previous fort on the site.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321329