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
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