and Hackensack River mouth at Newark Bay. On the Staten Island side, Old Place Creek, Fresh Kills (an estuary fed by the Richmond Creek and Main Creek), Bridge Creek (off Goethal Pond), and Sawmill Creek flow into the estuary.

Shipping

The channel is dredged periodically to a depth of 35 to 37 ft and a width of 600 ft to maintain its usefulness for commercial ship passage. As part of its Harboring Deepening Project,

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