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Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the north shore of Long Island. [3] [4] Fort Totten is at the head of Little Neck Bay, where the East River widens to become Long Island Sound. [5]
The original Willets Point is the site of Fort Totten near Bayside, but over the course of the 20th century it became commonplace to apply the name "Willets Point" (derived from the street, rather than the geographical feature) to the area on the Flushing River instead.
Fort Totten Park in Washington, D.C., is closed after World War I-era munitions were discovered there this spring, and park officials say there may be more.
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Fort Totten was a medium-sized fort, a seven-sided polygon with a perimeter of 272 yards (249 m). It was located atop a ridge along the main road from Washington to Silver Spring, Maryland, about three miles (5 km) north of the Capitol, and a half-mile from the Military Asylum or Soldiers' Home, where President Abraham Lincoln spent his summers while president. [2]
Fort Totten may refer to: Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City; Fort Totten, North Dakota. Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school; Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C. Fort Totten (WMATA station), a Metro ...
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C.. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E., Allison Street N.E., and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
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