Category:Fort Lafayette (New York)

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Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor, built offshore from Fort Hamilton at the southern tip of what is now Bay Ridge in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The fort was built upon a natural island known as Hendrick's Reef.

<nowiki>Fort Lafayette; フォート・ラファイエット; פורט לה פאייט; former island fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor; Lafayette Island</nowiki>
Fort Lafayette 
former island fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor
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  • United States of America
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  • 1812
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  • 1960
Map40° 36′ 30″ N, 74° 02′ 19″ W
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Construction on the fort began during the War of 1812 and was finally completed in 1818, the fort originally named Fort Diamond was renamed in 1825 to celebrate the Marquis de La Fayette, a hero of the American Revolution who was returning to his native France after his year-long grand tour of the United States.

Construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge caused the fort's destruction in 1960; the Brooklyn-side bridge pillars now occupy the fort's former foundation site.