Fort Lafayette
Videos
Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in The Narrows of New York Harbor, built offshore from nearby Fort Hamilton at the southern tip of what is now the Bay Ridge neighborhood in the New
Fort Lafayette, seen from the Brooklyn / Long Island / east shore with Denyse's Wharf to the left
Fort Lafayette in 1904
Robert Cobb Kennedy, hanged at Fort Lafayette for arson, 1865
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789
Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge
Videos
The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively
Fort Lafayette
…one of the few American historical coastal forts / batteries to be demolished 145 years later in 1960, to make room for the construction of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge; the eastern (Brooklyn / Long Island-side) bridge suspension tower now occupies the Lafayette fort's former foundation site. Fort Lafayette was in the…
View from Staten Island towards Brooklyn, 2009
View of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge from Upper New York Bay, with Coney Island in the distance
View of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge from the Staten Island entrance plaza
Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge seen from Brooklyn at sunset in December 2012