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.

Aliases (8)

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 →
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	federal government of the United States →
governingBody	U.S. Department of the Interior →
hasBuilding	Main Immigration Building →
hasCemetery	Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds →
hasFacility	Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration →
hasRegistry	American Immigrant Wall of Honor →
hasStructure	Great Hall →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District →
jurisdictionSharedBy	New Jersey → New York →
locatedIn	New York Harbor → Upper New York Bay →
locatedInOrNear	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 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 (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Hall (Ellis Island) ("Ellis Island Immigration Station") → Great Hall (Ellis Island) ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") → Great Hall (Ellis Island) ("Ellis Island Main Building") → Great Hall (Ellis Island) ("Ellis Island Historic District") → Main Immigration Building ("Ellis Island Immigration Station") →	partOf
Gibbet Island ("Ellis Island (historical name)") → Main Immigration Building ("Ellis Island Main Building") →	alsoKnownAs
American Immigrant Wall of Honor ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") → Main Immigration Building ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") →	associatedWith
Liberty Island → Main Immigration Building ("Ellis Island ferry docks") →	connectedTo
Statue of Liberty National Monument → Upper New York Bay →	contains
Gibbet Island → Little Oyster Island →	formerNameOf
Ellis Island ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") → Statue of Liberty National Monument ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") →	hasPart
Great Hall (Ellis Island) → Main Immigration Building →	locatedIn
Bedloe's Island → Statue of Liberty →	near
Battery Park → Liberty State Park →	overlooks
Ellis Island ("Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital burial grounds") →	hasCemetery
Ellis Island ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") →	hasFacility
Little Oyster Island →	hasHistoricalNameRelation
Upper New York Bay ("Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration") →	hasLandmark
New York City waterway islands →	hasMember
Jersey City →	hasNearbyAttraction
American Immigrant Wall of Honor →	location
Governors Island →	nearby
Liberty Island →	nearbyIsland
American Immigrant Wall of Honor ("Ellis Island immigration station") →	relatedTo
Gibbet Island →	replacedBy
Little Oyster Island →	replacedByName