New York Harbor

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New York Harbor[1][2][3] is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay near the East River tidal estuary, and then into the Atlantic Ocean on the United States East coast.

Upper New York Bay highlighted in red. it is connected to Lower New York Bay on the south by the Narrows. Ellis Island (north) and Liberty Island (south) are shown in the northwest corner of the bay.

Estuary 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

New York Harbor and Upper New York Bay (right), Hudson River (lower left), and East River (upper left) in April 2013

Aerial_view_of_East_River%2C_Lower_Manhattan%2C_New_York_Harbor%2C_1981.jpg — 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 is also known as Upper New York Bay, which is enclosed by the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island and the Hudson County, New Jersey municipalities of Jersey City and Bayonne.[4] The name may also refer to the entirety of New York Bay including Lower New York Bay.