East River
The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Hell Gate Bridge
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hell Gate Bridge, originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or the East River Arch Bridge, is a 1,017-foot steel through arch railroad bridge in New York City.
Localities in the Area
Port Morris
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Port Morris is a mixed use, primarily industrial neighborhood geographically located in the southwest Bronx, New York City.
Astoria
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Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.
East Harlem
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East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan…
East River
- Type: Channel
- Description: tidal strait in New York City
- Categories: strait, estuary and body of water
- Location: Queens County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78705° or 40° 47' 13" northLongitude
-73.91764° or 73° 55' 4" westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open Location Code
87G8Q3PJ+RWGeoNames ID
5116041Wikidata ID
Q212862East River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: النهر الشرقي
- Armenian: Իսթ Ռիվեր
- Armenian: Իստ Ռիվեր
- Asturian: East River
- Azerbaijani: İst-River boğazı
- Basque: East River
- Belarusian: Іст-Рывер
- Bengali: ইস্ট নদী
- Breton: East River
- Bulgarian: Ийст Ривър
- Bulgarian: Ист Ривър
- Catalan: East River
- Cebuano: East River
- Chinese: East Kang
- Chinese: 东河
- Chinese: 東河
- Czech: East River
- Danish: East River
- Dutch: East River
- English: Sound River
- English: The East River
- Esperanto: East River
- Esperanto: Orienta rivero
- Estonian: East River
- Finnish: East River
- French: East River
- Georgian: ისტ-რივერი
- German: East River
- Hakka Chinese: Tûng-hò
- Hausa: Tûng-hò, New York Sṳ
- Hebrew: איסט
- Hebrew: איסט ריבר
- Hebrew: הנהר המזרחי
- Hungarian: East River
- Indonesian: East River
- Indonesian: Sungai East
- Irish: An Abhainn Thoir
- Italian: East River
- Japanese: イーストリバー
- Japanese: イースト・リバー
- Japanese: イースト川
- Korean: 이스트 강
- Korean: 이스트강
- Korean: 이스트 리버
- Latvian: Īstrivera
- Lithuanian: Rytų upė
- Min Nan Chinese: East Kang
- Norwegian: East River
- Norwegian Bokmål: East River
- Persian: رودخانه ایست
- Polish: Cieśnina East River
- Polish: East River
- Portuguese: East River
- Portuguese: Rio East
- Russian: East-river
- Russian: East river
- Russian: Ист-Ривер
- Russian: Ист Ривер
- Serbian: East River
- Serbian: Ist River
- Serbian: Ист Ривер
- Serbian: Ист ривер
- Serbo-Croatian: East River
- Slovak: East River
- Slovenian: East River
- Spanish: East River
- Spanish: Rio East
- Spanish: Rio Este
- Spanish: Río East
- Spanish: Río Este
- Swedish: East River
- Tagalog: Ilog Silangan
- Thai: แม่น้ำอีสต์
- Turkish: East River
- Ukrainian: Іст-Ривер
- Ukrainian: Іст-Рівер
- Vietnamese: sông Đông
- Welsh: Afon y Dwyrain
- Western Armenian: Իսթ գետ
- Western Frisian: East River
- Western Panjabi: ایسٹ دریا
- Hellegat
- Sông Đông
Other Places Named East River
In the Area
Localities
- Astoria HeightsLocality
- Plaza BorinquenLocality
- Mott HavenNeighbourhood, 2½ km north
- Gracie SquareLocality, 2½ km southwest
- YorkvilleNeighbourhood, 3 km west
- Garden Bay ManorLocality, 3 km southeast
Landmarks
- Ralph Demarco ParkPark
- Astoria HeliportHeliport
- East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting RailroadBridge
- Sunken MeadowPlain
- Lawrence PointCape
- Great LawnGrassland
Popular Destinations in New York
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page East River. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.