Flushing River
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The Flushing River, also known as Flushing Creek, is a waterway that flows northward through the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It runs mostly within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park,
The river as seen from Northern Boulevard, looking north
Looking south from Roosevelt Avenue; the LIRR embankment and Porpoise Bridge can be seen in the background.
Between Meadow and Willow Lakes
Boat launch on Meadow Lake
East River
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The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which despite its name is a tidal strait, not a river, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on
Flushing River
…through the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It runs mostly within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, emptying into the Flushing Bay and the East River. The river runs through a valley that may have been a larger riverbed before the last Ice Age, and it divides Queens into western and eastern halves…
East River (foreground) and the headquarters of the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan (background) seen from Long Island City in February 2025
A "bird's-eye" view of New York City from 1859; Wallabout Bay and the East River are in the foreground, the Hudson River and New York Bay in the background.
The 1885 explosion
Exposition display showing cross-section of East River railroad tunnel to Pennsylvania Station