New York Harbor

Statue of Liberty

Island colossus near Manhattan

• ManhattanNYC's densest borough
• One World Trade CenterNew York's tallest structure
• Brooklyn BridgeFamous East River crossing

panorama · cityscape · waterfront · vista · silhouette · landmarks · viewpoint · observation · Jersey City · downtown

Ellis Island

Historic immigrant processing center

• Statue of LibertyIsland colossus near Manhattan
• immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
• entryAccess or submission

melting pot · American Dream · steerage · voyage · inspection · quarantine · emigrants · registry · naturalization · citizenship

New Amsterdam

Dutch colonial settlement on Manhattan

• American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
• Erie CanalHistoric New York waterway
• clipper shipsFast sailing cargo vessels

Henry Hudson · steamboats · colonial · Revolutionary War · naval battles · privateers · blockade · Sandy Hook · transatlantic

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

• tugboatsVessels that push ships
• ferriesRegular water transport vessels
• pilotsThose who fly aircraft

navigation · vessels · seaport · anchorage · buoys · channel · currents · tides · dredging · Coast Guard

dock

Mooring structure at water's edge

• wharfShip docking structure
• pierWaterfront landing structure
• terminalAt the endpoint

berth · container · cargo · crane · freight · stevedore · longshoreman · Bayonne · drydock · shipyard

• New York WatersHudson River, East River, Erie Canal, Finger Lakes, Lake Ontario
• Eastern U.S.Appalachians, Blue Ridge Mountains, Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic coast, Piedmont
• harborsanchorage, haven, berths, docks, moorings
• portsport, seaport, seaports, harbors, dock
• coastal watersbay, gulf, estuary, inlet, sound
• maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors