Fort Apache (hostile place)

Fort Apache is, metaphorically, a building, complex, or defensive site providing shelter from hostile action in the form of crime (in police and crime drama) or native insurrection or enemy attack (in John Ford movies).^[1]

Outpost of a university compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, labeled Fort Apache by U.S. infantry.

The "Fort Apache" precinct house at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx

The metaphor is used by military and police to refer to a post which is beset or besieged. Recent examples may be found in Afghanistan and Iraq.^[2] Another example is "Fort Apache, The Bronx", a name used in the past for the NYPD's original Station House of the 41st Precinct at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx (this name was used in the title of the 1981 film).^[3]

See also

• Fort Apache (1948 John Ford film)
• Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981 film)