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The museum was founded in 1980 by local Hudson River enthusiasts, but did not move to its present property, an old boat shop, until 1983. Its exhibits include various small craft, artifacts of river steamships such as the Mary Powell, a research library, ice-harvesting tools and maps, paintings and sketches from past eras.
The harbor is fed by the waters of the Hudson River (historically called the North River as it passes Manhattan), as well as the Gowanus Canal.It is connected to Lower New York Bay by the Narrows, to Newark Bay by the Kill Van Kull, and to Long Island Sound by the East River, which, despite its name, is actually a tidal strait.
Howgego, Raymond John, ed. (2003). "Hudson, Henry". Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800. Hordern House. pp. 523– 525. ISBN 1875567364. Hunter, D. (2009). Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the voyage that redrew the map of the New World. New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 978-1596916807. Juet, Robert (1609). Juet's Journal of Hudson's 1609 Voyage (PDF ...
New Netherland Museum, Albany, New York, maritime collections including the "Half Moon", a reproduction of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed from Holland to the New World in 1609; Noteworthy Indian Museum, Amsterdam [60] Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, Orchard Park, closed in 2009
There are two small artificial islands in Lower New York Bay, both located a mile offshore from South Beach, Staten Island. Hoffman Island was created in 1873 from Orchard Shoals. It was named for former New York City mayor (1866–1868) and then-current New York Governor (1869–1871) John T. Hoffman .
A pedestrian section in Hudson River Park in Tribeca in September 2021. The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway is a waterfront greenway for walking or cycling, 32 miles (51 km) long, around the island of Manhattan, in New York City. The largest portions are operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
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