Horn's Hook Battery / Fort

Horn's Hook Battery / Fort: A 9 gun Battery planned in Feb 1776, for the defense of Manhattan Island. Located about what is now 89th Street and East End Avenue, opposite Ward's Island and Hell Gate. A star shapped battery also known as Thompson's Battery. September 1776 under fire from the British in Queens. British occupation saw restoration and addition of palisades and supporting batteries and palisaded blockhouse. After the war the new owner, Archibald Gracie, leveled the works in 1794 and erected a mansion, now home for NYC Mayors.

Vicinity 89th Street and East End Avenue, New York City, East River opposite Ward's Island and Hell Gate

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