Fort Hamilton

Brooklyn

Fort Hamilton is the U.S. Army post in the southwestern corner of Brooklyn, surrounded by Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

  • 0.30 square miles
  • 45 street corners
  • 2 bus routes

Named for Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, its fort was built from 1825 to 1831 in the round of coastal defenses that followed the War of 1812. The Army describes it as New York City's only active-duty installation, and it hosts units such as the New York Military Entrance Processing Station; the Harbor Defense Museum, set in the small outwork that once guarded the fort's gate, explores the history of the fort and of New York's seacoast defenses.

Sources: Fort Hamilton (Wikipedia); Garrison (U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton); Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (Wikipedia).

Map

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Fort Hamilton borders three areas, and John Warren Avenue and Marshall Drive hold more of its corners than any other street, eight each of 45.

Street map of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, outlined among Bay Ridge, Dyker Beach Park and Bath Beach.Bay RidgeDyker Beach ParkBath Beach
  • Fort Hamilton
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on two routes stop in or at the edge of Fort Hamilton.

  • 2 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B8
  • B70

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 34 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 0.8 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 40 corners with a clean record

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 1,363 school-zone speed camera tickets at one corner
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets

Landmarks

Designated landmark
The Fort Hamilton Casemate Fort

Streets and trees

Trees
524 in NYC Parks' records, most often serviceberry, eastern redcedar and American holly
Street with the most corners
John Warren Avenue, with eight of the area's 45
Height above sea level
From 13 feet at John Warren Avenue & Pershing Loop West to 54 feet at Dahlgren Place & Gowanus Expressway
Honorary street name
1 at its corners, enacted by local law

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.