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A 2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers map showing New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary's drainage divide and drainage basin Harrisse/LOC copy of the Manatus Map of 1639 An 1866 map of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary A 2011 NASA image of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary Population density and elevation above sea level in the New York City metropolitan area as of 2010 An aerial view of ...
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.
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre (10 ha) public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.It is bounded by Battery Place on the north, with Bowling Green to the northeast, State Street on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
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New York Harbor at Upper Bay in 1999: Manhattan (left), Brooklyn (top), Jersey City (bottom), Ellis Island (left) and Liberty Island (right), Governors Island (the largest at center) Aerial view of Upper New York Bay-Port Jersey and Newark Bay-Port Newark-Elizabeth
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
Aerial view of Barnum Island and Harbor Isle from the west. Barnum Island is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 2,590 at the 2020 census. It occupies the eastern portion of an island situated between Long Island and Long Beach.
The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.