Castle Clinton National Monument 1
History Exhibition
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Castle Clinton National Monument

Opens Wednesday at 8:00 AM

Battery Park City, New York

🎟️Free admission with clean bathrooms
🗣️Ranger tours daily at 10, 12, 2, 3
⏱️Most visits under 30 minutes

This circular sandstone fort has worn many hats since 1811—military defense, concert hall, immigration station, aquarium—and now it's a quiet national monument where you can trace New York's layered past through exhibits and antique cannons.

Historic sandstone fort
War of 1812 history
First immigration station
National Park Service site