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.

17Sites listed
2Defense areas

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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.

New York Defense Area

10 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
New York location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of New York Defense Area Nike launcher locations
NY-24

Amityville/ Farmingdale

Service: 1957 - Apr 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

USAR Center

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Zahn Airport

NY-15

Fort Slocum

Service: 1955 - Jul 1960

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B/20A/8L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS, abandoned

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Department of Corrections Hospital

NY-23

Hicksville/ Oyster Bay

Service: 1955 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/20A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Nassau County Board Co-op Services

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Village of Brooksville, Native Park

NY-29/30

Lido Beach (dual site)

Service: 1955 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

NY-20

Lloyd Harbor/ Huntington

Service: Jan 1957 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/20A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Obliterated, Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Obliterated, Private ownership

NY-03/04

Orangeburg/ Mount Nebo (dual site)

Service: 1955 - Apr 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 1C/18H, 30A/24L-UA, (12L-H)

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, Town of Orangeburg

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, USAR Center - Orangeburg

NY-25

Rocky Point/ Brookhaven

Service: 1957 - Jun 1971

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

NY-99

Spring Valley/ Ramapo

Service: 1956 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District

Niagara/ Buffalo Defense Area

7 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
Niagara/ Buffalo location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of Niagara/ Buffalo Defense Area Nike launcher locations
NF-41

Grand Island (Formerly dual NF-74/NF-75)

Service: Apr 1959 - Mar 1970

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/18H/11L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

BU-52

Hamburg (dual site)

Service: 1956 - Dec 1961

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Service: 1956 - Mar 1970

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

NF-03

Model City (dual site)

Service: 1955 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

BU-34/35

Orchard Park (dual site)

Service: 1956 - Mar 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

BU-09

Ransom Creek/ Millersport

Service: 1956 - Dec 1961

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

NF-16

Sanborn/ Cambria (dual site)

Service: 1955 to Mar 1970

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 30A/24L-UA, (11L-H)

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

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).