The Narrows in New York
Friday, 11 September 2020 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika General , New York City
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One World Trade Center, Upper New York Bay, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Staten Island
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The Narrows is the
tidal strait separating the
boroughs of
Staten Island and
Brooklyn in
New York City . It connects the
Upper New York Bay and
Lower New York Bay and forms the principal channel by which the
Hudson River empties into the
Atlantic Ocean . It has long been considered to be the maritime “gateway” to New York City and historically has been one of the most important entrances into the
harbors of the
Port of New York and New Jersey .
The Narrows was most likely formed after deposition of the Harbor Hill Moraine about 18,000 years prior to the end of the last ice age . Previously, Staten Island and Brooklyn were connected and the Hudson River emptied into the ocean through the present course of the Raritan River , by taking a more westerly course through parts of present-day northern New Jersey , along the eastern side of the Watchung Mountains to Bound Brook, New Jersey , and then on into the Atlantic Ocean via Raritan Bay . A build-up of water in the Upper Bay allowed the river to break through to form the Narrows less than 12,000 to 13,000 years ago as it exists today.
One World Trade Center, Upper New York Bay, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Staten Island © flickr.com - Anthony Quintano/cc-by-2.0
The first recorded
European entrance into the Narrows was in 1524 by
Giovanni da Verrazzano , who set anchor in the strait and was greeted by a group of
Lenape , who paddled out to meet him in the strait.
In August 1776, the British forces under
William Howe on Staten Island undertook an amphibious operation across the Narrows and landed in Brooklyn, where they routed
Washington ‘s Army at the
Battle of Long Island . In 1964 the Narrows was spanned by the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge , the
longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, and still the longest
suspension bridge in the United States (by length of the main span).
Read more on
NYCGovParks.org – The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ,
Wikipedia The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and
Wikipedia The Narrows (
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