New York Gazetteer
Liberty Island is a physical feature (island) in New York County. The primary coordinates for Liberty Island places it within the NY 10004 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Liberty Island |
| Category: | New York physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | The island is part of the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York, i.e. an exclave of the Borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey. |
| History: | The present name was established by Public Law 936 - 84th Congress, August 3, 1956. |
| County: | New York County |
| Latitude: | 40.6901028 |
| Longitude: | -74.0451407 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Liberty Island: Liberty Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Liberty Island does not include property ownership information.
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New York, NY
(2.7 miles NE) Jersey City, NJ (3.1 miles NNW) Bayonne, NJ (3.9 miles WSW) Hoboken, NJ (3.9 miles N) Union City, NJ (6.3 miles N) |
Secaucus, NJ
(6.8 miles N) Harrison, NJ (7 miles NW) West New York, NJ (7 miles NNE) East Newark, NJ (7.4 miles WNW) Guttenberg, NJ (7.4 miles NNE) |
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Communipaw, NJ
(1.4 miles NNW) Red Hook, NY (1.9 miles ESE) Battery Park City, NY (1.9 miles NE) West Bergen, NJ (2.4 miles NW) Cobble Hill, NY (2.4 miles E) |
Greenville, NJ
(2.7 miles WNW) Brooklyn Heights, NY (2.7 miles E) South Brooklyn, NY (2.7 miles E) Tribeca, NY (2.7 miles NE) Bergen, NJ (3.1 miles NNW) |
