Liberty Island
Liberty Island is a locality in Manhattan, New York. Liberty Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Liggett Terrace, as well as near Colonels Row.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Statue of Liberty and Statue of Liberty Museum.
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel.
Statue of Liberty Museum
Museum
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The Statue of Liberty Museum is located on Liberty Island in New York City. The museum opened on May 16, 2019, and is focused on the creation, meaning, and history of the Statue of Liberty, a large statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi which the people of France gave to the people of the United States in 1886.
Ellis Island
Islet
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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 Communipaw and Battery Park City.
Communipaw
Village
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Communipaw is a neighborhood in Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located west of Liberty State Park and east of Bergen Hill, and the site of one of the earliest European settlements in North America. Communipaw is situated 1½ miles northwest of Liberty Island.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Battery Park City is a mainly residential 92-acre planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City. Battery Park City is situated 2 miles northeast of Liberty Island.
Red Hook
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Red Hook is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, United States, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula projecting into the Upper New York Bay and is bounded by the Gowanus Expressway and the Carroll Gardens neighborhood on the northeast, Gowanus Canal on the east, and the Upper New York Bay on the west and south. Red Hook is situated 2 miles southeast of Liberty Island.
Liberty Island
- Type: Locality
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.69009° or 40° 41′ 24″ northLongitude
-74.04515° or 74° 2′ 43″ westOpen location code
87G7MXR3+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 802036981
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In Other Languages
“Liberty Island” goes by many names.
- Korean: “리버티 섬”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Liggett Terrace and Colonels Row.
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