East River
The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which despite its name is a tidal strait, not a river, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end.
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- Description: tidal strait in New York City
- Also known as“Hellegat”“Sound River”“The East River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad and Ralph Demarco Park.
East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Morris and Astoria.
Astoria
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East River
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Latitude
40.78705° or 40° 47′ 13″ north
Longitude
-73.91764° or 73° 55′ 4″ west
Open location code
87G8Q3PJ+RW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“East River” goes by many names.
النهر الشرقيArabic
Իսթ ՌիվերArmenian
Իստ ՌիվերArmenian
East RiverAsturian
İst-River boğazıAzerbaijani
Tukad EastBalinese
East RiverBasque
Іст-РыверBelarusian
ইস্ট নদীBengali
East RiverBreton
Ийст РивърBulgarian
Ист РивърBulgarian
East RiverCatalan
East RiverCebuano
东河Chinese
東河Chinese
East RiverCzech
East RiverDanish
East RiverDutch
East RiverEsperanto
Orienta riveroEsperanto
East RiverEstonian
East RiverFinnish
río EastGalician
ისტ-რივერიGeorgian
Tûng-hòHakka Chinese
Tûng-hò, New York SṳHakka Chinese
איסטHebrew
איסט ריברHebrew
הנהר המזרחיHebrew
East RiverHungarian
East RiverIndonesian
Sungai EastIndonesian
An Abhainn ThoirIrish
East RiverItalian
イースト・リバーJapanese
イースト川Japanese
ایسٹ دٔرؠیاوKashmiri
이스트 강Korean
이스트 리버Korean
ĪstriveraLatvian
Rytų upėLithuanian
East KangMin Nan Chinese
East RiverNorwegian
East RiverNorwegian Bokmål
رودخانه ایستPersian
Cieśnina East RiverPolish
East RiverPolish
Anti mayuQuechua
East-riverRussian
Ист РиверRussian
East RiverSerbian
Ist RiverSerbian
Ист РиверSerbian
East RiverSerbo-Croatian
East RiverSlovak
East RiverSlovenian
East RiverSwedish
Ilog SilanganTagalog
แม่น้ำอีสต์Thai
East RiverTurkish
Іст-РиверUkrainian
Іст-РіверUkrainian
Sông ĐôngVietnamese
Afon y DwyrainWelsh
Իսթ գետWestern Armenian
East RiverWestern Frisian
ایسٹ دریاWestern Panjabi
איסט ריווערYiddish
מזרחח טייךYiddish
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Localities in the Area
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