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At the beginning of the 19th century, the East River was the center of New York's shipping industry, but by the end of the century, much of it had moved to the Hudson River, leaving the East River wharves and slips to begin a long process of decay, until the area was finally rehabilitated in the mid-1960s, and the South Street Seaport Museum ...
The name "Hell Gate" is a corruption of the Dutch phrase Hellegat.It first appeared on a Dutch map as Helle Gadt. [2] The name was originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, the first European known to have navigated the strait, who bestowed the name sometime during his 1614–1616 voyage aboard the Onrust circumnavigating Long Island, from its ...
The East River Tunnels are four single-track railroad passenger service tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Pennsylvania Station under 32nd and 33rd Streets in Manhattan and cross the East River to Long Island City in Queens. The tracks carry Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Amtrak trains travelling to and from Penn Station and points ...
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens , on Long Island , to the east. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, with an area of 147 acres (0.59 km 2 ), and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States Census .
Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) state park [1] on the East River in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens. The park is located in a former dockyard and manufacturing district, and includes remnants of facilities from the area's past. The most prominent feature of the park is a ...
New York City waterways: 1. Hudson River, 2. East River, 3. Long Island Sound, 4. Newark Bay, 5. Upper New York Bay, 6. Lower New York Bay, 7. Jamaica Bay, 8. Atlantic Ocean. Arthur Kill (tidal strait) Fresh Kills. Richmond Creek; Passaic River (NJ) Saddle River; Pompton River (NJ) Pequannock River (NJ) Wanaque River. Ringwood River; Ramapo ...
For the river on the Isle of Wight, see Newtown River. Newtown Creek, a 3.5-mile (6-kilometer) long tributary of the East River, [1] is an estuary that forms part of the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in New York City.
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (formerly and also known as East River State Park) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) state park [2] in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The park stretches along the East River near North 7th, 8th, and 9th Streets, with views of the Williamsburg Bridge and Midtown Manhattan.