Decatur Blockhouse

Decatur Blockhouse, 1814-1815, Rockaway Peninsula, Kings County. One of several blockhouses for the defense of NY Harbor ordered by Gen Joseph Smith, Chief of Engineers. (Bath Beach, Utrecht Bay, Denyse's Heights, Princess Bay, Jamaica Bay - Decatur) Records are not clear that all of the sites were constructed. Decatur (named for Captain Decatur) to guard Jamaica Bay at Rockaway. Records indicate the 41st Regiment a Company of NYS Sea Fencibles of 60 - 100 troops with one 24 pounder were stationed here December 1814 to March 1815. The tip of the peninsula has moved west since 1814, the site is about at the present Beach 137th Street.

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