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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Channel
- Description: tidal strait in New York City
- Also known as: “Cieśnina East River”, “East river”, “East-river”, “Hellegat”, “Orienta rivero”, “Río East”, “Rio Este”, “Sound River”, “The East River”, “Ист ривер”, “Ист Ривър”, “Іст-Рівер”, “איסט”, “הנהר המזרחי”, “מזרחח טייך”, “이스트 리버”, “イースト・リバー”, and “イーストリバー”
Places of Interest
Highlights: East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad and Ralph Demarco Park.
East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad
Bridge
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Morris and Astoria.
Astoria
Neighborhood
East River
- Categories: strait, estuary, and body of water
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78705° or 40° 47′ 13″ north
Longitude
-73.91764° or 73° 55′ 4″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q3PJ+RW
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“East River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النهر الشرقي”
- Armenian: “Իսթ Ռիվեր”
- Armenian: “Իստ Ռիվեր”
- Asturian: “East River”
- Azerbaijani: “İst-River boğazı”
- Balinese: “Tukad East”
- Basque: “East River”
- Belarusian: “Іст-Рывер”
- Bengali: “ইস্ট নদী”
- Breton: “East River”
- Bulgarian: “Ийст Ривър”
- Catalan: “East River”
- Cebuano: “East River”
- Chinese: “东河”
- Chinese: “東河”
- Czech: “East River”
- Danish: “East River”
- Dutch: “East River”
- Esperanto: “East River”
- Estonian: “East River”
- Finnish: “East River”
- French: “East River”
- Galician: “río East”
- Georgian: “ისტ-რივერი”
- German: “East River”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-hò, New York Sṳ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-hò”
- Hebrew: “איסט ריבר”
- Hungarian: “East River”
- Indonesian: “Sungai East”
- Irish: “An Abhainn Thoir”
- Italian: “East River”
- Japanese: “イースト川”
- Kashmiri: “ایسٹ دٔرؠیاو”
- Korean: “이스트 강”
- Korean: “이스트강”
- Latvian: “Īstrivera”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų upė”
- Min Nan Chinese: “East Kang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “East River”
- Norwegian: “East River”
- Persian: “رودخانه ایست”
- Polish: “East River”
- Portuguese: “Rio East”
- Quechua: “Anti mayu”
- Russian: “Ист-Ривер”
- Serbian: “Ist River”
- Serbian: “Ист Ривер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “East River”
- Slovak: “East River”
- Slovenian: “East River”
- Spanish: “Río Este”
- Swedish: “East River”
- Tagalog: “Ilog Silangan”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอีสต์”
- Turkish: “East River”
- Ukrainian: “Іст-Ривер”
- Vietnamese: “sông Đông”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Đông”
- Welsh: “Afon y Dwyrain”
- Western Armenian: “Իսթ գետ”
- Western Frisian: “East River”
- Western Panjabi: “ایسٹ دریا”
- Yiddish: “איסט ריווער”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Steinway and Franklin Houses.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Astoria Heliport and Sunken Meadow.
Queens: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
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