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This article provides an index of natural geographic features of the extended area of New York Harbor. The area of New York Bay is one of the most intricate natural harbors in the world, a fact that is reflected in the diversity of place names. The list includes features within the five boroughs of New York City, as well as natural features in New Jersey that are part of the extended water system.
Rivers and Streams
- Alley Creek
- Bronx River
- Coney Island Creek
- Dutch Kills
- English Kills
- Fresh Kills
- Gowanus Canal (formerly Gowanus Creek)
- Hackensack River
- Hudson River (North River)
- Hutchinson River
- Luyster Creek
- Main Creek
- Maspeth Creek
- Newton Creek
- Passaic River
- Rahway River
- Raritan River
- Richmond Creek
- Sherman Creek
- Smith Creek
- Springville Creek
Tidal Straits
- Anchorage Channel
- Arthur Kill
- Bronx Kill
- Buttermilk Channel
- East River
- Grass Hassock Channel
- Harlem River
- Hell Gate
- Kill Van Kull
- Long Island Sound
- The Narrows
- Pumpkin Patch Channel
- Rockaway Inlet
- Spuyten Devil
Bays, Inlets, and Coves
- Bowery Bay
- Dead Horse Inlet
- Eastchester Bay
- Flushing Bay
- Gowanus Bay
- Little Bay
- Little Neck Bay
- Lower New York Bay
- Newark Bay
- Powell's Cove
- Sheepshead Bay
- Upper New York Bay
Port facilities
- Atlantic Basin
- Bergen Basin
- Erie Basin
- Gowanus Canal
- Navy Yard Basin
- Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
- Thurston Basin
- World's Fair Marina
Islands
- City Island
- Ellis Island
- Governors Island
- Hart Island
- High Island
- Hoffman Island
- Isle of Meadow
- Manhattan
- Liberty Island
- North Brother Island
- Long Island
- Prall's Island
- Randalls Island
- Riker's Island
- Robbins Reef
- Roosevelt Island
- Shooters Island
- Staten Island
- South Brother Island
- Swinburne Island
- U Thant Island (Belmont Island)
- Wards Island
Land features
- Bergen Point
- Coney Island (formerly an island)
- Constable Hook
- Paulus Hook
- Red Hook
- Rockaway Point
- Rodman's Neck
- Sandy Hook
- Throgs Neck
- Wards Point
- Willets Point