Little Basin

Little Basin is a canal in City of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Little Basin is situated nearby to General Nathanael Greene Park, as well as near the railway station Essex Street station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Essex Street station and Freedom Tower.

Essex Street station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

Essex Street station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail located between Hudson and Greene Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 1¼ miles east of Little Basin.

Ellis Island

Islet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jersey City and Newport.

Jersey City

Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jersey City is New Jersey's second-largest city. Jersey City sits in Hudson County in the northeastern section of the state, across the Hudson from its older and bigger cousin, New York City, and south of Hoboken.

Newport

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Newport is a 600-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in Downtown Jersey City, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities.

Battery Park City

Neighborhood

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Battery Park City is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is situated along the Hudson River waterfront, and separated the Financial District and Tribeca by the West Side Highway.

Little Basin

Type: Canal
Also known as: “Morris Canal Little Basin”
Category: body of water
Location: City of Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.71206° or 40° 42′ 43″ north

Longitude

-74.03648° or 74° 2′ 11″ west

Open location code

87G7PX67+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1168403554

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=canal

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include General Nathanael Greene Park and Morris Canal Park.

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