Arthur Kill
The Arthur Kill is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island, New York, and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey.
The Arthur Kill is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island, New York, and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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Worth seeing in and around Arthur Kill
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Outerbridge Crossing
The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York, United States. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river's center.
2.9 km · bridge between New Jersey and New York · Wikipedia - 02Princes Bay Light
The Prince's Bay Light is an active lighthouse on the highest point of the southern shoreline of Staten Island, New York, in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood. It is situated on an 85-foot bluff overlooking Raritan Bay with an attached brownstone cottage which served as the lightkeeper's house.
3.9 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 03Conference House Park
Conference House Park is a park in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York City. The park is located along the Arthur Kill coast where the kill opens into Raritan Bay.
900 m · park in the United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Driscoll Bridge
The Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge, is a bridge on the Garden State Parkway in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey, spanning the Raritan River near its mouth in Raritan Bay. The bridge connects the Middlesex County communities of Woodbridge Township on the north with Sayreville on the south.
3.7 km · toll bridge in New Jersey carrying the Garden State Parkway · Wikipedia - 05Edison Bridge
The Edison Bridge and the Vieser bridge are a pair of bridges that carry U.S. Route 9 over the Raritan River near its mouth in Raritan Bay in New Jersey. The bridge, which connects Woodbridge on the north with Sayreville on the south, was opened to weekend traffic starting on October 11, 1940, and was opened permanently on November 15, 1940.
3.7 km · bridge in New Jersey · Wikipedia - 06Statue of George Washington
George Washington is a life-size terra cotta statue by the Danish-American sculptor Nels N. Alling and located in the city of Perth Amboy in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The statue of General George Washington was a gift of the Scandinavians of Perth Amboy and dedicated on February 22, 1896.
900 m · statue by Nels N. Alling in Perth Amboy, New Jersey · Wikipedia - 07Long Pond Park
Long Pond Park is a park preserve on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is approximately 115 acres in size and consists mainly of woodlands and wetlands that surround Long Pond, for which the park is named.
3.1 km · park in the United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center
EPIC Church International, formerly Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center is an independent non-denominational Christian megachurch in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. The pastor is John J. Wagner. As of 2013, Outreach Magazine ranked the church 44th in congregation size in the US, with weekly attendance of 10,100.
3.4 km · church in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 09Great Beds Light
Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay, about 1 mile from South Amboy of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy.
1.6 km · lighthouse in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 10Kearny Cottage
The Kearny Cottage is a historic home in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is open to the public as a historic house museum and is operated by Kearny Cottage Historical Society.
900 m · historic house in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Arthur Kill
- Airports
- Newark Liberty (EWR), 22 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 43 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 45 km
- Stations
- Nassau, 2.6 km · Richmond Valley, 3.3 km · Tottenville, 1.5 km
- New York → Arthur Kill23 km · quickest by road, 1h · $3–4
- Philadelphia → Arthur Kill107 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · $10–13
- Hartford → Arthur Kill184 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · $17–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Arthur Kill
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Arthur Kill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNY Waterway offers ferry service from NYC to Belford, NJ and other destinations on the Jersey shore.
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Next door to Arthur Kill
Arthur Kill is 12 km from Staten Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.