Fort Brooklyn

Fort Brooklyn, 1780, Kings County, Brooklyn. Battle of Long Island. In May of 1780 the British built a large fort on Brooklyn Heights. Site was near present Pierrepont and Henry Streets, about four blocks from Fort Stirling. The fort was 450 feet square with ramparts 40 to 50 feet above the bottom of an encircling ditch. Each angle had a bastion and there was a substantial barracks and two magazines. After the British evacuation the fort was leveled between 1823 and 1825 for development.

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