Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is among those who would like to revive the plan to build a new bridge with pedestrian access ...

Ferry service from Hudson County to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty resumes Saturday following a two-month absence.

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Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

Immigrants just arrived, awaiting examination, Ellis Island, New York harbor. Underwood & Underwood. Courtesy Library of Congress. Arrival and Departure In 1991, Historic Preservation magazine ...

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop launched his fourth ad in his campaign to win the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. The ad focuses on the ...

Ellis Island gained its historic status as the first ... The other was a merchant in Manhattan, who owned a farm in New Jersey. Both could have possessed the means to have bought an island which ...

The ticket includes a round-trip ferry ride to Liberty Island from either New York or New Jersey, access to the grounds of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Ellis Island National ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Statue of Liberty is at the top of many travelers’ must-see lists. A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis ...

The national monument includes Ellis Island, the arrival point for 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954, and Liberty Island, home of the Statue of Liberty. New Jersey lost ferry service to ...