New York City worldwide. New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port. Most of New York City is built on the three islands of Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island. The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The
Chemung, New York National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chemung has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.12%, is water. The Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, flows through the south part of the town. The south border of the town is Pennsylvania (Bradford County), and the east border is Tioga County, New York. The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) and New York State Route 427 are east-west highways in Chemung. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,665 people, 969 households,