The Narrows

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strait tidal strait

The Narrows is the tidal strait separating Staten Island and Brooklyn that serves as the main entrance from the Atlantic Ocean into New York Harbor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Narrows canonical	23
Narrows	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	strait ⓘ tidal strait ⓘ
adjacentTo	Gravesend Bay ⓘ Raritan Bay ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
category	Bodies of water of New York City ⓘ Geography of Brooklyn ⓘ Geography of Staten Island ⓘ East River ⓘ surface form: Straits of New York (state)
city	New York City ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater	Lower New York Bay ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
defendedBy	Fort Hamilton ⓘ Fort Wadsworth ⓘ
formedDuring	end of the last Ice Age ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	glacial erosion ⓘ
governingJurisdiction	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
hasBridge	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
hasCurrentType	tidal currents ⓘ
historicalSignificance	main entrance from the Atlantic Ocean into New York Harbor ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor
locatedInBorough	Brooklyn ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ
minimumWidth	approximately 1 mile ⓘ
namedAfter	Giovanni da Verrazzano ⓘ
navigationAuthority	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
near	Bay Ridge ⓘ Fort Hamilton ⓘ Fort Wadsworth ⓘ St. George ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
partOfShippingRoute	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic shipping lanes
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
separates	Brooklyn ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
strategicImportance	controls access to New York Harbor ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ military navigation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayType	tidal strait ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper New York Bay → connectedTo → The Narrows ⓘ

Lower New York Bay → hasStrait → The Narrows ⓘ

Fort Wadsworth → location → The Narrows ⓘ

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → crosses → The Narrows ⓘ

Kings County → borders → The Narrows ⓘ

Fort Hamilton → locatedNear → The Narrows ⓘ

Gravesend Bay → connectsTo → The Narrows ⓘ

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States → borderedByWaterBody → The Narrows ⓘ

subject surface form: Brooklyn

Battery Weed → overlooks → The Narrows ⓘ

Fort Tompkins → overlooks → The Narrows ⓘ

Staten Island side of The Narrows → partOf → The Narrows ⓘ

Staten Island side of The Narrows → formsShoreOf → The Narrows ⓘ

southwestern Brooklyn → hasWaterfrontOn → The Narrows ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Brooklyn

southwestern Brooklyn → bordersBodyOfWater → The Narrows ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Brooklyn

Brooklyn Community District 10 → borderedByWaterBody → The Narrows ⓘ

Staten Island–Brooklyn corridor → crosses → The Narrows ⓘ

Staten Island–Brooklyn corridor → geographicFocus → The Narrows ⓘ

County of Kings → borderedBy → The Narrows ⓘ

Brooklyn by The Narrows → borders → The Narrows ⓘ

Brooklyn by The Narrows → hasCoastlineOn → The Narrows ⓘ

South Beach → overlooks → The Narrows ⓘ

Brooklyn via Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → crosses → The Narrows ⓘ

Ludmilla → locatedNear → The Narrows ⓘ

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (Staten Island side) → adjacentTo → The Narrows ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narrows