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  2. Lower New York Bay - Wikipedia

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    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. Hoffman Island covers 11 acres (4.45 ...

  3. New York Bight - Wikipedia

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    A colorized depiction of the Hudson Canyon and the New York Bight area. The New York/New Jersey Bight is the geological identification applied to a roughly triangular indentation, regarded as a bight, along the Atlantic coast of the United States that extends northeasterly from Cape May Inlet in New Jersey to Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island.

  4. Union Beach, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, with views of Manhattan visible in the distance from the bayfront beach. As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 5,723, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] a decrease of 522 (−8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,245, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] which in ...

  5. Geography of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the U.S. The state of New Jersey is ranked as the fourth smallest state in the United States of America. Its total area of the state is 8,729 square miles (22,610 km 2), of which 1,304 square miles (3,380 km 2) is water, and 7,425 square miles (19,230 km 2) is land.

  6. List of beaches in New York - Wikipedia

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    Orchard Beach in The Bronx. Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk, Brooklyn . Brighton Beach; Coney Island; Fort Tilden, Queens - The pristine beaches in this National Park Service-managed site never get crowds because they are not accessible by public transit and even by car, require a small hike to get to, except for visitors with a fishing license.

  7. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The new standards resulted in the splitting of the former SMA into several pieces: the nine New York counties became the "New York SMSA"; three of the New Jersey counties (Essex, Union, and Morris) became the "Newark SMSA"; two other New Jersey counties (Bergen and Passaic) became the "Paterson–Passaic–Clifton SMSA"; Hudson County was ...

  8. Chadwick Beach Island, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Chadwick Beach Island is an unincorporated community along the Jersey Shore located in Toms River, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, next to Barnegat Bay on a barrier island. It is an exclusive beach/island resort community about 70 miles (110 km) south of New York City , 60 miles (97 km) north-northeast of Philadelphia , and ...

  9. Hudson Waterfront - Wikipedia

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    The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull.Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long. [1]