Harlem River
The Harlem River is an 8-mile tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River. It separates the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.- Type: Stream
- Description: tidal strait in New York City, USA
- Also known as: “Harlem Ryver”, “Kil Muskota”, “Muscoota”, “Muscoote”, “Muscota”, “Muskoota”, “Muskota”, “річка Гарлем”, and “نهرهارلم”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Wards Island Bridge.
Wards Island Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.Mount Sinai Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Harlem and Astoria.
Astoria
Neighborhood
Harlem River
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78343° or 40° 47′ 0″ north
Longitude
-73.93847° or 73° 56′ 19″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87G8Q3M6+9J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Harlem River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر هارلم”
- Basque: “Harlem River”
- Breton: “Harlem River”
- Catalan: “Harlem River”
- Cebuano: “Harlem River”
- Chinese: “哈勒姆河”
- Chinese: “哈林河”
- Chinese: “哈萊姆河”
- Chuvash: “Гарлем”
- Czech: “Harlem River”
- Danish: “Harlem River”
- Dutch: “Harlem”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Harlem”
- Estonian: “Harlem River”
- French: “Harlem River”
- Galician: “río Harlem”
- Georgian: “ჰარლემი”
- German: “Harlem River”
- Hebrew: “הארלם ריבר”
- Hebrew: “הארלם”
- Hebrew: “נהר הארלם”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Harlem”
- Italian: “Fiume Harlem”
- Japanese: “ハーレム川”
- Kazakh: “Гарлем өзені”
- Kazakh: “Гарлем”
- Korean: “할렘 강”
- Korean: “할렘강”
- Lithuanian: “Harlemo upė”
- Luxembourgish: “Harlem River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Harlem River”
- Norwegian: “Harlem River”
- Persian: “رود هارلم”
- Persian: “رودخانه هارلم”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Harlemska”
- Portuguese: “Rio Harlem”
- Quechua: “Harlem mayu”
- Russian: “Гарлем”
- Russian: “Харлем”
- Slovenian: “Harlem River”
- Spanish: “Río Harlem”
- Turkish: “Harlem Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гарлем”
- Welsh: “Afon Harlem”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Franklin Houses and Yorkville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mill Rock and Mill Rock Park.
Manhattan: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Central Park and Upper East Side.
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