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Pages in category "Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At present, U.S. Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the 1179th Transportation Brigade and the 722nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, the latter organization being a ...
The Harbor Defense Museum, sometimes called The Caponier, located within the grounds of Fort Hamilton in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn is a 19th-century fort, New York City's only military museum and one of only seventy military museums in the United States that is funded and operated by the Defense Department. [1]
It had a grass runway (and was the last airport with a grass runway in New York City), ramps for seaplanes, and four hangars for planes. Miller Field was used for anti-aircraft fire and training Coast Guard personnel. Miller Field closed as an airbase in 1969. [2]
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 ]
The New York Military Affairs Symposium (NYMAS), is an independent, not for profit educational body dedicated to the preservation and furthering of military history in New York City. The membership includes scholars , active and retired military personnel , and concerned civilians .
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Military facilities in New York City" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.