New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary

2. Lower New York Bay 3. Newark Bay 4. Hudson River 5. East River 6. Raritan Bay 7. Jamaica Bay 8. Long Island Sound 9. New York Bight-North Atlantic 10. Ambrose Channel 11. Mud Dump Site 12. Hudson Canyon A. Manhattan B. Brooklyn C. Staten Island D. Queens E. The Bronx F. Bayonne-Jersey City G. Newark H. Raritan Bayshore i. Rockaway Point j. Sandy Hook (This is ''''''''''.) The lists below includes features of the Port of New York and New Jersey with a waterborne emphasis, starting with natural features. Where possible the list proceeds from the Lower Bay entrance approximately clockwise around the harbor. The alternative sorting is by jurisdiction. Official references are the NOAA Coastal pilot, NOAA nautical charts, and USGS topographic maps. Many jurisdictional issues appear in U.S. law. ==Rivers and streams==

Bi-state • Hackensack River • Hudson River (lowest section also called the North River) New Jersey • Berrys Creek • Dwars Kill • Elizabeth River • Overpeck Creek • Navesink River • Passaic River • First River (a.k.a. Mill Brook) • Second River • Third River • Rahway River • Raritan River • Shrewsbury River • Morses Creek • Piles Creek • Woodbridge River New York • Alley Creek • Bronx River • Byram River • Coney Island Creek • Flushing River • Fresh Kills • Gerritsen Creek • Glen Cove Creek • Gowanus Canal (formerly Gowanus Creek) • Hawtree Creek • Hook Creek • Clear Stream • Valley Stream Brook • Hutchinson River • Luyster Creek • Main Creek • Mamaroneck River • Mianus River • Motts Creek • Newtown Creek • Dutch Kills • English Kills • Maspeth Creek • Whale Creek • Richmond Creek • Sherman Creek • Simonsons Creek • Smith Creek • Springville Creek • Stannards Brook • Tibbetts Brook ==Tidal straits==

Inter-state • Arthur Kill • Kill Van Kull • Long Island Sound New York • Bronx Kill • Buttermilk Channel • East River • Grass Hassock Channel • Harlem River • Hell Gate • The Narrows • Pumpkin Patch Channel • Rockaway Inlet • Spuyten Duyvil ==Bays, inlets and coves==

New York Bay • Lower New York Bay • Gravesend Bay • Great Hills Harbor • Jamaica Bay • Bergen Basin • Fresh Creek Basin • Grassy Bay • Head of Bay • Thurston Basin • Mill Basin • Norton Basin • Paerdegat Basin • Leonardo Harbor • Prince's Bay • Raritan Bay • Sandy Hook Bay • Rockaway Inlet • Dead Horse Bay • Sheepshead Bay • Upper New York Bay (New York Harbor) • Atlantic Basin • Communipaw • Erie Basin • Gowanus Bay • Harsimus Cove • John's Cove • Long Canal • Morris Canal Basin • Newark Bay • Weehawken Cove East River • Bowery Bay • Bushwick Inlet • Flushing Bay • Little Bay • Hallets Cove • Newtown Creek • Powell's Cove • Wallabout Bay (Navy Yard Basin) • Westchester Creek Long Island Sound • City Island Harbor • Eastchester Bay • Hempstead Harbor • Little Neck Bay • Manhasset Bay • Pelham Bay • Port Chester Harbor ==Islands==

Bi-state • Ellis Island—All of the landfill portion of Ellis Island beyond its 1834 waterfront is in Jersey City, New Jersey, as is all water surrounding Liberty and Ellis Islands. The original island is an exclave in New York State. • Liberty Island, exclave of New York within surrounding waters of Jersey City • Shooters Island at head of Kill Van Kull in Newark Bay, part in New Jersey and part in New York New Jersey • Plum Island, Sandy Hook Bay • Robbins Reef New York Bronx County • Pelham Islands • The Blauzes • Chimney Sweeps Islands • City Island • Hart Island • High Island • Hunters Island • Rat Island • Travers Island • Twin Island • North Brother Island • South Brother Island • Rikers Island Kings County • Long Island Jamaica Bay islands • The Canarsie Pol • Ruffle Bar New York County • Manhattan Upper Bay islands • Ellis Island • Governors Island • Liberty Island East River islands • Mill Rock Island • Randalls and Wards Islands • Roosevelt Island • U Thant Island Queens County • Long Island Jamaica Bay islands • Rulers Bar Hassock Richmond County • Staten Island • Hoffman Island (formerly "Orchard Shoals") • Isle of Meadows • Prall's Island • Shooters Island • Swinburne Island Westchester County • Pelham Islands • Davids Island • Goose Island ==Land features==

New Jersey • Bergen Neck • Bergen Point • Constable Hook • Droyer's Point • Kearny Point • New Barbadoes Neck • Paulus Hook • Sandy Hook New York • Coney Island (formerly an island) • Fort Washington Point • Red Hook • Rockaway Point • Rodman's Neck • Throgs Neck • Ward's Point • Willets Point ==Banks and shoals==

Lower Bay • East Bank • False Hook • Flynns Knoll • Old Orchard Shoal • Romer Shoal • West Bank Upper Bay • Bay Ridge Flats • Dimond Reef • Gowanus Flats • Jersey Flats East River • College Point Reef • Hog Back • Holmes Rock • Lawrence Point Ledge • Mill Rock • Rhinelander Reef • South Brother Ledge • Ways Reef ==Navigational channels==

Lower Bay • Ambrose Channel • Atlantic Highland Anchorage • Chapel Hill South Channel • Coney Island Channel • Gravesend Bay Anchorage • Raritan Bay East Reach • Rockaway Inlet • Sandy Hook Channel • Swash Channel • Terminal Channel Raritan Bay • Red Bank Reach • Great Beds Reach • Raritan Bay West Reach • Raritan River Cutoff • Perth Amboy Anchorage • South Amboy Reach • Seguine Point Bend • Ward Point Bend (East & West) • Ward Point Secondary Channel Jamaica Bay • Beach Channel • Island Channel • Runway Channel Arthur Kill • Fresh Kills Reach • Elizabeth Port Reach • Gulfport Reach • Outerbridge Reach • Port Reading Reach • Port Socony Reach • Pralls Island Reach • South of Shooters Island Reach • Tremley Point Reach Newark Bay • Elizabeth Channel • Newark Bay Middle Reach • Newark Bay North Reach • Newark Bay South Reach • North of Shooters Island Reach • Port Newark Branch Channel • Port Newark Pierhead Channel • South Elizabeth Channel Kill van Kull • Bergen East Point Reach • Bergen West Point Reach • Constable Hook Reach Upper Bay • Anchorage Channel • Bayridge Channel • Buttermilk Channel • Claremont Terminal Channel • Port Jersey Channel • Greenville Channel • Pierhead Channel • Red Hook Channel • Red Hook Flats Anchorage Hudson River • Weehawken Edgewater Channel East River • East Channel • South Brother Channel • West Channel ==Port facilities==

One of the many duties of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is to develop trade interests in the New York-New Jersey area. The Port Authority operates most of the containerized port facilities listed here, and also collaborates with the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain shipping channels in the harbor. New Jersey (numerous privately operated bulk facilities, especially petroleum, are not listed) • Auto Marine Terminal, Bayonne and Jersey City—Port Authority • Global Marine Terminal, Jersey City—privately operated • Port Jersey • Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, Newark and Elizabeth—Port Authority New York • Brooklyn • Red Hook Container Terminal—Port Authority • South Brooklyn Marine Terminal—City of New York • Staten Island • Howland Hook Marine Terminal—Port Authority ==Lights and lighthouses==

For lists see and. Active unless noted. New Jersey • Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Front Range) • Great Beds Light • Old Orchard Shoal Light • Robbins Reef Light • Romer Shoal Light • Sandy Hook Light • West Bank Light (Range Front) New York • Ambrose Light • Lightship Ambrose (to Scotland Station, NJ, 1933; decommissioned 1968) • Blackwell Island Light (decommissioned 1934) • Coney Island Light (Nortons Point) • Execution Rocks Light • Fort Wadsworth Light (decommissioned 1965) • Jeffreys Hook Light • Kings Point Light • New Dorp Light (Swash Channel Range Rear, decommissioned 1964) • Prince's Bay Light (decommissioned 1922) • Staten Island Range Light • Statue of Liberty (discontinued 1902) • Stepping Stones Light • Throgs Neck Light • Whitestone Point Light ==Waterfront jurisdictions==

Government and other agencies • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • National Park Service • New Jersey Meadowlands Commission • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey • United States Army Corps of Engineers • United States Coast Guard • U.S. Customs and Border Protection • United States Park Police • Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor State, county, municipal New Jersey • Monmouth County • Waterwitch Highlands • Atlantic Highlands • Leonardo • Belford • Port Monmouth • Keansburg • Port Comfort • Union Beach • Keyport • Middlesex County • Laurence Harbor • Morgan • South Amboy • Perth Amboy • Sewaren • Port Reading • Chrome • Carteret • Union County • Tremley Point • Grasselli • Linden • Elizabeth • Elizabethport • Essex County • Newark • Hudson County • Bayonne • Port Johnson • Liberty State Park • Jersey City • Hoboken • Weehawken • West New York • North Bergen • Edgewater New York • New York City • Manhattan, New York County • Brooklyn, Kings County • Floyd Bennett Field • Manhattan Beach • Brighton Beach • Coney Island • Gravesend • Bensonhurst • Fort Hamilton • Bath Beach • Bay Ridge • Red Hook • South Brooklyn • Brooklyn Heights • Queens, Queens County • :Lower Bay • Far Rockaway • Rockaway Point • Breezy Point • :East River • Flushing • Willets Point • La Guardia Airport • The Bronx, Bronx County • City Island • Staten Island, Richmond County • Port Richmond • Elm Park • Mariners Harbor • West New Brighton • Sailors Snug Harbor • New Brighton • Tottenville • Charleston • Port Socony • Travis • Chelsea • St. George • Tompkinsville ==See also==