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Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the north shore of Long Island. [3] [4] Fort Totten is at the head of Little Neck Bay, where the East River widens to become Long Island Sound. [5]
Fort Totten Officers' Club, also known as the Castle, is a historic clubhouse located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens, New York. The officers' club was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887.
In 1639, Dutch Governor Willem Kieft (1597–1647) purchased the land that today encompasses Queens County from the Matinecock. William Lawrence (1622–1680), who served as a magistrate under Dutch and English administrations, was granted a parcel of land by King Charles II in 1645 that included a large portion of what is today Bayside, in addition to College Point, Whitestone, and Fort Totten.
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