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    the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New...
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    -74.04806 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...
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    New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the...
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    Verrazzano entered New York Bay, by way of the strait now called the Narrows into the northern bay which he named Santa Margherita, in honor of the King of France's...
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    became the first documented European to visit the area that would become New York City. Verrazzano entered the tidal strait now known as The Narrows and...
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    Bay; the Atlantic Ocean; The Narrows, separating Brooklyn from the borough of Staten Island in New York City and crossed by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge;...
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    The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan economy in...
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    Lower New York Bay is a section of New York Bay south of the Narrows (the strait between Staten Island and Brooklyn). The eastern end of the Bay is marked...
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    underwater vehicular tunnel. The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension...
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    Car. For more information, visit the fleet page. Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and...
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    The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges...
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    The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that comprise New York City. They are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens,...
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    begins at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The corridor along the Hudson River allows VFR flight along the entire length between Manhattan and the New Jersey...
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    The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five...
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    The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows...
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    Narrows The Narrows, which separates Staten Island from Brooklyn and connects the upper and lower sections of New York Bay. The Narrows, which is the...
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    It is connected to Lower New York Bay by the Narrows, to Newark Bay by the Kill Van Kull, and to Long Island Sound by the East River, which, despite...
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    Since the opening of the original New York City Subway line in 1904, and throughout the subway's history, various official and planning agencies have...
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    Sports in the New York metropolitan area have a long and distinguished history. The New York metropolitan area is one of only two metropolitan areas (along...
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    ship during the voyage to New York. On arrival at the port of New York, ships halted at the New York state quarantine station near the Narrows. Those with...
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    County routes in Steuben County, New York, are maintained by the Steuben County highway department and signed with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control...
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    Narragansett Bay. On April 17, 1524, Verrazzano entered New York Bay, by way of the Strait now called the Narrows. He described "a vast coastline with a deep delta...
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  • The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi)...
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    New York State Route 878 (NY 878) is an expressway on Long Island in New York state. The route exists in two sections, which both form the Nassau Expressway...
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  • The Narrows is an American 2008 independent film starring Kevin Zegers, Sophia Bush, Vincent D'Onofrio, Eddie Cahill and Monica Keena. The movie is based...
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    in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Sunset Park to the north, Dyker Heights to the east, the Narrows and...
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    through the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey, is the world's...
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    June 20, 2024. Lee, Ella (July 9, 2024). "New York judge narrows subpoena in Donald Trump's civil fraud case". The Hill. Retrieved July 25, 2024. Scannell...
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    the US state of New York. I-87 is the main highway that connects New York City and Montreal. The highway begins at exit 47 off I-278 in the New York City...
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    The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of...
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