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The Arthur Kill (sometimes referred to as the Staten Island Sound[ 1]) is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island (also known as Richmond County), New York and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey .
The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, in the United States. It is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1,000 feet (305 m) wide and connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. [ 1] The Robbins Reef Light is at the eastern end of the Kill, and Bergen Point marks its western end.
The syringe tide was an environmental disaster during 1987–88 in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York where significant amounts of medical waste, including hypodermic syringes, and raw garbage washed up onto beaches on the Jersey Shore, in New York City, and on Long Island. This forced the closing of beaches on the Atlantic coast. [ 1]
The East River was the site of one of the greatest disasters in the history of New York City when, in June 1904, the PS General Slocum sank near North Brother Island due to a fire. It was carrying 1,400 German-Americans to a picnic site on Long Island for an annual outing.
Time lapsed video of flood waters on Staten Island (7:07–8:52 EST) Upon making landfall on Coney Island, the storm produced a storm surge of 4.36 feet (1.33 m) and a storm tide of 9.5 feet (2.9 m) at Battery Park. Winds were lighter than the intensity of the storm in New York City.
Staten Island. / 40.57194°N 74.14694°W / 40.57194; -74.14694. Staten Island ( / ˈstætən / STAT-ən) is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van ...
Tanker beached on Front Street, Staten Island. The most significant water levels in the state from Sandy occurred in Staten Island. Along the northern tip along the Kill Van Kull, Sandy produced a storm surge of 9.56 ft (2.91 m) above normal tide levels, which corresponded to water levels 14.58 ft (4.44 m) above the average low tide. This ...
The Staten Island Ferry is a fare-free passenger ferry route operated by the New York City Department of Transportation. The ferry's single route runs 5.2 miles (8.4 km) through New York Harbor between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, with ferry boats completing the trip in about 25 minutes.