Nike missile locations | New York
Nike Missile Sites in New York
Find Nike sites in New York by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.
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Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.
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New York Defense Area
10 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Amityville/ Farmingdale
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
USAR Center
Zahn Airport
Fort Slocum
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
FDS, abandoned
Department of Corrections Hospital
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B/18H, 30A/16L-U
Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area
Intact, US Park Service
Hicksville/ Oyster Bay
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/20A/12L-A
Nassau County Board Co-op Services
Village of Brooksville, Native Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Lido Beach (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Lloyd Harbor/ Huntington
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/20A/12L-A
Obliterated, Private ownership
Obliterated, Private ownership
Orangeburg/ Mount Nebo (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 1C/18H, 30A/24L-UA, (12L-H)
Partially Intact, Town of Orangeburg
Intact, USAR Center - Orangeburg
Rocky Point/ Brookhaven
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U
FDS
FDS
Spring Valley/ Ramapo
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/30A/12L-A
Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District
Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District
Niagara/ Buffalo Defense Area
7 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Grand Island (Formerly dual NF-74/NF-75)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H/11L-U
Private ownership
Private ownership
Hamburg (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Lancaster/ Milgrove
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Model City (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Orchard Park (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Ransom Creek/ Millersport
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Sanborn/ Cambria (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 30A/24L-UA, (11L-H)
Private ownership
Private ownership
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note that were are additional sites that covered the New York area in New Jersey.
Reading the original records
Missile codes and source context
Nike missile and launcher code key
The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.
- Storage
- C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
- Launcher
- A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.
Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).