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
New York City English Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Newark, plus Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, are all within the New York City metropolitan area and thus also home to the major features of New York City English. With the exception of New York City's immediate neighbors like Jersey City and Newark, the New York metropolitan dialect as spoken in New Jersey is rhotic (or fully "r"-pronouncing), so that, whereas a Brooklynite might pronounce "over there" something like "ovah theah/deah" , an Elizabeth native might say "over there/dare" . "The Atlas of North American English" by William Labov et al. shows that the New