Ellis Island

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former immigration station historic site island

Ellis Island is a historic immigration station in New York Harbor that served as the primary entry point for millions of immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Ellis Island canonical 38
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration 14
Ellis Island Immigration Station 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former immigration station ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
island ⓘ
accessibleFrom Battery Park, Manhattan ⓘ
Liberty State Park, New Jersey ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1966 ⓘ
area approximately 27.5 acres ⓘ
closedAsImmigrationStation 1954 ⓘ
connectedBy ferry ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedAs National Historic Landmark ⓘ
expandedBy land reclamation ⓘ
featuredIn American literature about immigrants ⓘ
numerous films about immigration ⓘ
function immigration inspection station ⓘ
processing center for immigrants ⓘ
governedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
governingBody United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
hasBuilding Main Immigration Building ⓘ
hasCemetery Ellis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds
hasFacility Ellis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
hasRegistry American Immigrant Wall of Honor ⓘ
hasStructure Great Hall ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
jurisdictionSharedBy New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
locatedIn New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ
surface form: New York Harbor

Upper New York Bay ⓘ
locatedInOrNear Jersey City ⓘ
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
museumOpened 1990 ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel Ellis ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Statue of Liberty ⓘ
notableFor role in U.S. immigration history ⓘ
symbol of the American immigrant experience ⓘ
numberOfImmigrantsProcessed over 12 million ⓘ
openedAsImmigrationStation 1892 ⓘ
originalArea about 3.3 acres ⓘ
partOf Statue of Liberty ⓘ
surface form: Statue of Liberty National Monument
peakYearsOfOperation 1900–1914 ⓘ
previousName Gibbet Island ⓘ
Little Oyster Island ⓘ
servedAsPrimaryEntryPointFor immigrants to the United States ⓘ
usedFor detention of some immigrants ⓘ
legal inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ
medical inspection of arriving immigrants ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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

Statue of Liberty → near → Ellis Island ⓘ
Upper New York Bay → contains → Ellis Island ⓘ
Upper New York Bay → hasLandmark → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island → hasFacility → Ellis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island → hasCemetery → Ellis Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds
Liberty Island → connectedTo → Ellis Island ⓘ
Liberty Island → nearbyIsland → Ellis Island ⓘ
Jersey City → hasNearbyAttraction → Ellis Island ⓘ
Governors Island → nearby → Ellis Island ⓘ
Main Immigration Building → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ
Main Immigration Building → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Immigration Station
Main Immigration Building → associatedWith → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Main Immigration Building → alsoKnownAs → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Main Building
Main Immigration Building → connectedTo → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island ferry docks
Liberty State Park, New Jersey → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberty State Park
American Immigrant Wall of Honor → location → Ellis Island ⓘ
American Immigrant Wall of Honor → associatedWith → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
American Immigrant Wall of Honor → relatedTo → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island immigration station
Great Hall → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Immigration Station
Great Hall → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Ellis Island)
Great Hall → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Great Hall → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Main Building
Great Hall → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall (Ellis Island)
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Historic District
Battery Park, Manhattan → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Battery Park
Little Oyster Island → formerNameOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
Little Oyster Island → replacedByName → Ellis Island ⓘ
Little Oyster Island → hasHistoricalNameRelation → Ellis Island ⓘ
Statue of Liberty National Monument → contains → Ellis Island ⓘ
Statue of Liberty National Monument → hasPart → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Gibbet Island → formerNameOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
Gibbet Island → replacedBy → Ellis Island ⓘ
Gibbet Island → hasPart → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Ellis Island
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Gibbet Island → alsoKnownAs → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island (historical name)
Bedloe's Island → near → Ellis Island ⓘ
New York City waterway islands → hasMember → Ellis Island ⓘ
Museum of Jewish Heritage → overlooks → Ellis Island ⓘ
Castle Williams → near → Ellis Island ⓘ
New York–New Jersey border → nearbyIsland → Ellis Island ⓘ
Samuel Ellis → hasNameOrigin → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island named after Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis → associatedWithPlace → Ellis Island ⓘ
Samuel Ellis → hasLegacy → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island immigration station bearing his surname
New York county → includesIsland → Ellis Island ⓘ
subject surface form: New York County
this entity surface form: Ellis Island (New York portion)
Annie Moore → placeOfImmigration → Ellis Island ⓘ
Annie Moore → heritageSiteAssociatedWith → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route → notableView → Ellis Island ⓘ
Liberty Landing Marina → hasNearbyAttraction → Ellis Island ⓘ
Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation → operatesIn → Ellis Island ⓘ
Guastavino tile vaulting → notableExample → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Immigration Station
Registry Room → locatedIn → Ellis Island ⓘ
Registry Room → partOf → Ellis Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellis Island Immigration Station