Fort Hamilton Triangle Bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and
94th Street, Fort Hamilton Triangle is dedicated to the local
soldiers killed in World War I. The park takes its name from
nearby Fort Hamilton, one the oldest continuously garrisoned
federal military posts. Named after Alexander Hamilton
(1755-1804), the distinguished colonial statesman and first
Secretary of the Treasury, the base was erected between 1825 and
1831. During the Civil War (1861-1865), Fort Hamilton served as
a training ground for volunteer New York State regiments. It
later functioned as an embarkation and separation center during
both World Wars and as the Military Entrance and Processing
Station for New York City in the mid-1990s. Today over 200 Army
Reserve and National Guard units are supported at Fort Hamilton.
In 1909, the City of New York acquired this land. Parks,
however, did not assume jurisdiction over the property until it
was transferred seven years later. In 1921, the Board of
Aldermen voted to name the park Fort Hami