What river an arm of the Hudson separates Manhattan and the Bronx from Brooklyn and Queens?

Answer 1

The East River, which is actually not a river, but an estuary, or a tidal strait. Unlike a true river, it connects to the ocean on both sides. It flows south from the Long Island Sound, down past the east side of Manhattan and the west side of Queens and Brooklyn, and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 2

Both the Brooklyn and the Manhattan Bridge connect the borough of Brooklyn to the borough of Manhattan. Both bridges span the East River, which is actually not a river, but an estuary, or a tidal strait. Unlike a true river, it connects to the ocean on both sides. It flows south from the Long Island Sound, down the east side of Manhattan and the west side of Queens and Brooklyn, and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 3

The river that separates Manhattan from the Bronx is called the Harlem River. However, the Harlem River is not a true river, but a tidal strait that branches off of the Hudson River. The Hudson River flows down the west side of Manhattan. The Harlem River branches off from the Hudson River and flows southeast, down over the top of Manhattan, and into the East River (which flows down the east side of Manhattan).

The East River is also not a true river, but a tidal strait. It connects to the ocean on both sides. It flows south from the Long Island Sound, down the east side of Manhattan and the west side of Queens and Brooklyn, and into the Atlantic Ocean.

I have included a link to a NYC subway map that shows you all of the five boroughs, except Staten Island. You can see the tip of Staten Island on the bottom left corner of the map, but the entire island is not shown, since the subway doesn't go there. The Hudson River, Harlem River, and East River are all labeled.

Answer 4

I think you may have accidentally written the question wrong.

Manhattan is separated from Brooklyn and Queens by the East River, which is not a true river (and is NOT "an arm of the Hudson"), but an estuary or tidal strait. The East River connects to the ocean on both sides. It flows south from the bay known as the Long Island Sound, down the east side of Manhattan and the west side of Brooklyn and Queens, and into the Atlantic Ocean at Lower Manhattan.

The Bronx is separated from Brooklyn and Queens by the Long Island Sound.

Manhattan is separated from the Bronx by the Harlem River, which IS an "arm of the Hudson." It branches off of the Hudson River, flows down the top of Manhattan and the bottom of the Bronx, and into the East River.

See the Related Link below for a New York City subway map. The Hudson, Harlem, and East Rivers, as well as the Long Island Sound, are clearly labeled.

Answer 5

The East River, which is actually not a river, but a tidal strait. It connects to the ocean on both sides.