Hoffman Island

E551381

artificial island bird sanctuary

Hoffman Island is a small, artificial island in New York Harbor near Staten Island, historically used for quarantine and military purposes and now serving primarily as a bird sanctuary.

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Label	Occurrences
Hoffman Island canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial island ⓘ bird sanctuary ⓘ
accessibleToPublic	no ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	approximately 11 acres ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	1873 ⓘ
creator	United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalStatus	protected habitat ⓘ
formerUse	maritime quarantine facility ⓘ military training facility ⓘ quarantine station ⓘ
governedBy	National Park Service regulations ⓘ federal regulations ⓘ
hasStructure	remnants of piers ⓘ ruins of former buildings ⓘ
hasWildlife	cormorants ⓘ egrets ⓘ gulls ⓘ herons ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Lower New York Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Staten Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Swinburne Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	New York Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Governor John T. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ John T. Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyBorough	Staten Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	false ⓘ
partOf	Borough of Staten Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Gateway National Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Staten Island Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedFor	colonial nesting birds ⓘ seabirds ⓘ wading birds ⓘ
use	bird sanctuary ⓘ wildlife refuge ⓘ
usedDuring	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
usedFor	U.S. Army training ⓘ U.S. Coast Guard training ⓘ U.S. Maritime Service training ⓘ disease control ⓘ immigrant quarantine ⓘ

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New York City waterway islands → hasMember → Hoffman Island ⓘ