Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary USGS topographic maps. Many jurisdictional issues appear in U.S. law. Bi-state New Jersey New York Inter-state New York New York Bay East River Long Island Sound Bronx County Kings County Jamaica Bay islands New York County Upper Bay islands East River islands Queens County Jamaica Bay islands Richmond County Westchester County New Jersey New York Lower Bay Upper Bay East River Lower Bay Raritan Bay Jamaica Bay Arthur Kill Newark Bay Kill van Kull Upper Bay Hudson River East River One of the many duties of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is to develop trade interests
Union City, New Jersey the New Jersey Meadowlands. The city is bisected by New Jersey Route 495, a vehicular cut built in conjunction with the Lincoln Tunnel. Soon after its construction, many street names were abandoned in favor of numbering in most of North Hudson starting at 2nd Street, just north of Paterson Plank Road, which runs through the city's only major park and creates its border with Jersey City. 49th Street is the northern boundary with West New York. Apart from a small section between Bergen Turnpike and Weehawken Cemetery, Kennedy Boulevard, a major north-south thoroughfare, creates the western border with North Bergen.