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Castle Clinton

former fortress in New York City
Organization Public Aquarium Q1049423
Castle Clinton
National Park Service's staff. Cropped by Blackcat · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
public aquarium, theatre building, beer garden, fortress[4][5][6]

Status and dates

Inception
1808[13]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Location
The Battery[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.704°, -74.017°, 🗺️ 40.703°, -74.017°[14][15]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Manhattan[2]

Relations

Part of
Castle Clinton National Monument[12]
More facts +11
Architect
John McComb Jr.[7]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, FortWiki[16][17]
Different from
Fort Clinton, Fort Clinton, Central Park, Fort Clinton[20][21][22]
Elevation above sea level
+0[23]
Height
+12[24]
Heritage designation
New York City Landmark, New York State Register of Historic Places listed place[18][19]
Located in protected area
Castle Clinton National Monument
Made from material
sandstone[10]
Named after
DeWitt Clinton[9]
Operator
National Park Service[8]
Social media followers
+5310
🏷️ Also known as
en Castle Garden en Fort Clinton en Castle Clinton en Castle Clinton National Monument ar قلعة كلينتون da Castle Clinton National Monument de Castle Garden fr Castel Garden fr Castle Garden fr Fort Clinton he מבצר קלינטון ja キャッスル・クリントン ja キャッスル・ガーデン ja フォート・クリントン ko 클린턴 성 nl Castle clinton nl Castle Clinton National Monument nl Nationaal monument Castle Clinton pt Castle Garden ru Касл-Клинтон
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh88004170
ArchINFORM project ID
84911
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Castle-Garden
Freebase ID
/m/049bm4
GeoNames ID
5111724
J9U entity ID
987007546427405171
MusicBrainz place ID
d2b5dc0c-ca23-40d8-b176-ba94793e0cb8
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ID
0029
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3695755
X (Twitter) username
CastleClinton
Yale LUX ID
place/7f45e1ee-05bf-4d64-b42f-aa0a0cfc7964

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
theatre building, fortress, public aquarium, beer garden
Described by source 2
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, FortWiki
Architect 1
John McComb Jr.
Continent 1
North America
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Manhattan
Location 1
The Battery
Made from material 1
sandstone
Named after 1
DeWitt Clinton
Operator 1
National Park Service
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Summary

Castle Clinton is a public aquarium[1].

Related Entities

FortWiki United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap relation ID → 3695755
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap relation ID: 3695755, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/3695755"
  2. 21w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → 5,310
    Operator → National Park Service
    Architect → John McComb Jr.
    Located in protected area → Castle Clinton National Monument
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37008: Remove redundant P30 from buildings"
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