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Blackwell’s Island, NY.
Interior, Fort Lafayette, Hendrik’s reef. Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor, built offshore from Fort Hamilton at the southern tip of what is now Bay Ridge in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The fort was built on a natural island known as Hendrick’s Reef. Construction on the fort began during the War of 1812 and was completed in 1822. The fort, originally named Fort Diamond after its shape, was renamed in 1823 to celebrate the Marquis de La Fayette, a hero of the American Revolution who would soon commence a grand tour of the United States. The fort was demolished in 1960 to make room for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge; the Brooklyn-side bridge tower now occupies the fort’s former foundation site.
The ‘Barracks’ of the 4th Ward, 36 & 38 Cherry St. faces 30 ft on st. and runs back 245 ft. Made originally for 150 families but remodeled for 114. Children’s Educational Relief Association, 473 Grand St., N.Y.