New York City
The great harbor city, from the Battery to the Rockaways.
- Population
- 8,804,190 (2020 census)
- New Amsterdam
- 1626
- Five boroughs
- Consolidated 1898
Then
- 1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano makes the first recorded European visit to the harbor, in the Lenape homeland of Lenapehoking.
- 1609
Henry Hudson sails in, looking for a route to Asia.
- 1624–1626
Dutch traders settle on Governors Island, and the town is named New Amsterdam in 1626.
- 1664
The English take over and rename it New York.
- 1825
The Erie Canal opens, linking the port to the Great Lakes by way of the Hudson.
- 1886
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated. It greets about 14 million immigrants arriving through Ellis Island.
- 1898
The five boroughs consolidate into one city.
- 2012
Hurricane Sandy's surge floods Lower Manhattan's streets, tunnels and subways on October 29.
Now
The stations here cover the whole harbor: the Battery, the East River and Hell Gate, Newark Bay, the Kills and Jamaica Bay out to Rockaway Inlet.
61 tide stations around New York City
- Brooklyn Bridge0.9 mi
- NEW YORK (The Battery)0.9 mi
- Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn Navy Yard1.7 mi
- Williamsburg Bridge2.0 mi
- Hunters Point, Newtown Creek3.0 mi
- East 41st Street, New York City3.1 mi
- Gowanus Bay3.3 mi
- Weehawken, Union City, N.J.3.7 mi
- Queensboro Bridge4.0 mi
- Kearny Point5.2 mi
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- Amtrak RR. swing bridge5.5 mi
- Horns Hook, East 90th Street5.6 mi
- Constable Hook5.8 mi
- Point No Point5.9 mi
- St. George, Staten Island6.0 mi
- Hell Gate, Wards Island6.7 mi
- North Secaucus, Garretts Reach6.8 mi
- Port Newark Terminal6.9 mi
- Carlstadt, Garretts Reach7.1 mi
- Edgewater, N.J.7.1 mi
- Fish Creek, Berrys Creek7.1 mi
- Harlem River, Randalls Island7.3 mi
- Fort Hamilton, The Narrows7.4 mi
- USCG Station NY7.5 mi
- Port Elizabeth7.5 mi
- Port Morris (Stony Point)8.0 mi
- North Brother Island8.2 mi
- Mill Basin8.5 mi
- Norton Point, Gravesend Bay8.5 mi
- Canarsie8.5 mi
- Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing Bay8.8 mi
- Bayonne Bridge, Bergen Point8.9 mi
- Belleville9.0 mi
- Hunts Point9.2 mi
- College Point, Flushing Bay9.2 mi
- Ridgefield Park9.6 mi
- Plumb Beach Channel9.8 mi
- Kingsborough, Sheepshead Bay9.8 mi
- Coney Island9.9 mi
- North Channel Bridge, Grassy Bay10.0 mi
- Port Ivory, Howland Hook, N.Y.10.3 mi
- East Rutherford11.0 mi
- Barren Island, Rockaway Inlet11.2 mi
- Dyckman Street, Ferry Slip11.4 mi
- Whitestone11.7 mi
- Hackensack11.7 mi
- Throgs Neck, Fort Schuyler12.7 mi
- Chelsea12.8 mi
- Beach Channel (bridge)13.0 mi
- J.F.K. International Airport13.2 mi
- Great Kills Harbor13.7 mi
- Carteret13.8 mi
- Rahway River, RR. Bridge14.2 mi
- Motts Basin14.6 mi
- Norton Point, Head of Bay14.6 mi
- New Millford15.4 mi
- Rossville, N.Y.15.7 mi
- East Rockaway Inlet, Atlantic Beach16.0 mi
- Port Reading, Arthur Kill16.6 mi
- Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock17.0 mi
- Princes Bay17.2 mi