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Wallabout Bay and East River (foreground), Hudson River (at right), Upper New York Bay (left) and Newark Bay in the distance in April 1981. New York Harbor[ 1][ 2][ 3] is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay and an extremely small portion of the Lower Bay. It is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York/New Jersey Bight ...
Staten Island. / 40.57194°N 74.14694°W / 40.57194; -74.14694. Staten Island ( / ˈstætən / STAT-ən) is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van ...
Mount Loretto Unique Area. / 40.50778°N 74.21750°W / 40.50778; -74.21750. Mount Loretto Unique Area is an open space reserve and nature preserve administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City. The area's total size is 241 acres (98 ha), of which 49 acres ...
The South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, alternately referred to as the FDR Boardwalk or the South Beach Boardwalk, is a boardwalk facing the Lower New York Bay on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. The boardwalk is the main feature of a public park that stretches from Fort Wadsworth and ...
The Staten Island Ferry is a fare-free passenger ferry route operated by the New York City Department of Transportation. The ferry's single route runs 5.2 miles (8.4 km) through New York Harbor between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, with ferry boats completing the trip in about 25 minutes.
8,163.1/sq mi (3,151.8/km 2) Richmond County, also known as Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States. Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs with 475,000 people but is the third largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km 2 ). According to the 2020 Census, there were 475,000 people living in Staten Island ...
Conference House (also known as Billop House [3]) is a stone house in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City.Built by Captain Christopher Billopp some time before 1680, it is located in Conference House Park near Ward's Point, the southernmost tip of New York state, which became known as "Billop's Point" in the 18th century.
Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park, [ 1] it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Administered by the National Park Service, it covers an area of approximately 580 acres (2.3 km 2) of salt marsh, beach and woodlands, stretching along two ...