Battery Catlin

Historical marker location:

Staten Island, New York

( Marker can be reached from park footpath, on the right when traveling west.)

Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Wadsworth. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

New York State was home to several utopian communities in the 19th century, including the Oneida Community in central New York, which practiced communal living and free love, and the Shakers, who were known for their furniture and craftsmanship.