Bedloe's Island

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Bedloe's Island is the former name of Liberty Island in New York Harbor, best known today as the site of the Statue of Liberty.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bedloe's Island canonical 3
Bedlow's Island 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name
island
accessibleBy ferry
adjacentTo New York City waterfront
surface form: Hudson River waterfront of Manhattan

Jersey City
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey
administeredBy National Park Service
area approximately 14 acres
contains Fort Jay
surface form: Fort Wood

Statue of Liberty
country United States of America
currentName Liberty Island
formerNameOf Liberty Island
harborRole strategic defense point for New York Harbor
historicalUse military fortification site
quarantine station site
locatedAtMouthOf Hudson River
locatedIn New York Harbor estuarine system
surface form: New York Harbor

Upper New York Bay
locatedInJurisdiction borough of Manhattan
surface form: Borough of Manhattan

New York City
New York County
U.S. state of New York
surface form: State of New York

United States federal enclave
nameChangedTo Liberty Island
nameChangeReason association with Statue of Liberty
namedAfter Isaac Bedloe
near Ellis Island
Governors Island
Liberty State Park, New Jersey
surface form: Liberty State Park

Manhattan
notableFor Statue of Liberty
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Liberty Island
surface form: Liberty Island National Monument

Statue of Liberty National Monument
surroundedBy waters of Upper New York Bay

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Referenced by (4)

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

Liberty Island formerName Bedloe's Island
Liberty Island formerName Bedloe's Island
this entity surface form: Bedlow's Island
Isaac Bedloe hasIslandNamedAfter Bedloe's Island
Isaac Bedloe locatedOn Bedloe's Island
subject surface form: Statue of Liberty