East River

E473

tidal strait waterway

The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
East River canonical	289
East Channel of East River	2
West Channel of East River	2
East Channel of the East River	1
East River tidal strait	1
East River watershed	1
East River, New York	1
Manhattan (via East River)	1
Straits of New York (state)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	tidal strait ⓘ waterway ⓘ
adjacentToBorough	Brooklyn ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
connectsTo	Long Island Sound ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ Hugh L. Carey Tunnel ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel Hugh L. Carey Tunnel ⓘ Manhattan Bridge ⓘ Queens Midtown Tunnel ⓘ Queensboro Bridge ⓘ Queensboro Bridge ⓘ surface form: Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Roosevelt Island Tramway ⓘ Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ Whitestone Bridge ⓘ Williamsburg Bridge ⓘ
flowsBetween	Manhattan Island and Long Island ⓘ
hasFerryService	NYC Ferry ⓘ
hasIsland	South Brother Island ⓘ surface form: North Brother Island Randalls Island ⓘ Rikers Island ⓘ Roosevelt Island ⓘ South Brother Island ⓘ Randalls Island ⓘ surface form: Wards Island
hasNotableBridgeType	cable-stayed bridge ⓘ cantilever bridge ⓘ suspension bridge ⓘ
isMajorWaterwayFor	Port of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
isRiverInHydrologicalSense	false ⓘ
isSubjectOf	environmental cleanup efforts ⓘ water quality monitoring ⓘ
isTidal	true ⓘ
knownFor	iconic skyline views ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
partOf	New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
separates	Brooklyn ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ ferry transportation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ

Referenced by (299)

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

New York City → hasRiver → East River ⓘ

United Nations Headquarters → locatedOn → East River ⓘ

Brooklyn Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Rockefeller University → overlooks → East River ⓘ

Harlem River → connectsTo → East River ⓘ

Harlem River → tributaryOf → East River ⓘ

Upper New York Bay → connectedTo → East River ⓘ

Turtle Bay → locatedOn → East River ⓘ

Rikers Island → locatedIn → East River ⓘ

United Nations Plaza → overlooks → East River ⓘ

Hell Gate → connects → East River ⓘ

Hell Gate → partOf → East River ⓘ

Hell Gate → waterBody → East River ⓘ

New York and New Jersey campaign → geographicFeature → East River ⓘ

Roosevelt Island Tramway → crosses → East River ⓘ

Queens → borders → East River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manhattan (via East River)

New York Harbor estuarine system → hasPart → East River ⓘ

this entity surface form: East River tidal strait

New York metropolitan area → containsWaterBody → East River ⓘ

Manhattan → borderedBy → East River ⓘ

Upper East Side → borderedBy → East River ⓘ

The Bronx → hasWaterBody → East River ⓘ

Manhattan Island and Long Island → boundedBy → East River ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Island

South Brother Island → locatedIn → East River ⓘ

South Brother Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → East River ⓘ

The Narrows → category → East River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits of New York (state)

Fort Amsterdam → locatedNear → East River ⓘ

Roosevelt Island → locatedIn → East River ⓘ

Randalls Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → East River ⓘ

Long Island Sound → connectedTo → East River ⓘ

Lower Manhattan → borderedBy → East River ⓘ

Manhattan Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Williamsburg Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Queensboro Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Queensboro Bridge → crossesWaterBodySection → East River ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Channel of the East River

Trump World Tower → near → East River ⓘ

Harbor Unit → focusArea → East River ⓘ

North Infirmary Command → locatedInBodyOfWater → East River ⓘ

Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) → hasBodyOfWater → East River ⓘ

subject surface form: Queens

Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) → crosses → East River ⓘ

subject surface form: Rikers Island Bridge

Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) → locatedIn → East River ⓘ

subject surface form: Rikers Island

Whitestone Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Throgs Neck Bridge → crosses → East River ⓘ

Robert N. Davoren Center → locatedOn → East River ⓘ

Abraham Rycken (Riker) → locatedIn → East River ⓘ

subject surface form: Rikers Island

Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → crosses → East River ⓘ

Sutton Place → borderedBy → East River ⓘ

Sutton Place → hasViewOf → East River ⓘ

Queens Midtown Tunnel → crosses → East River ⓘ

Kips Bay → hasWaterfrontOn → East River ⓘ

Kips Bay → adjacentToWaterBody → East River ⓘ