City Island Harbor is the protected body of water between City Island and Hart Island in the Bronx, New York City, open to Long Island Sound at its northern and southern extremities. It is not a true harbor, but a sound. Other minor islands in and around City Island Harbor include the Chimney Sweeps Islands, the Blauzes, and Rat Island. Green Flats Reef is exposed at low tide.

Every July 4, to celebrate Independence Day, there is a large fireworks show at nearby Orchard Beach. Hundreds of boats typically gather in the harbor to view the show.

On the evening of January 24, 2003, four local boys, 15 and 16 years old, were killed when their 8-foot dinghy sank in City Island Harbor. The boys placed a short phone call to 9-1-1 but no action was taken due to insufficient information. In any case, given the frigid water temperature it is unlikely they would have survived long enough for help to arrive.^[1]^[2]^[3] Their boat was found in February^[4] and all four bodies were found in the harbor a few months later.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "911 Plea Fails Teens Missing in Icy Waters". Los Angeles Times. 2003-01-29. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ McFadden, Robert D.; Worth, Robert F. (2003-04-27). "Body Found Off City Island Is One of Four Missing Boys". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ "City Not Responsible For Drowning Death Of Four Teens In 2003, Says Judge". NY1. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22.
^ Lueck, Thomas J. (2003-02-02). "Boat Believed Used by Four Lost Teenagers Is Found Capsized Near Hart Island". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Buffa, Denise (2005-07-23). "CITY ISLAND 'DROWN' LAWSUIT TOSSED". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Cullivan, C.J. "Bronx Stroll". New York Press. Vol. 16, no. 21. Archived from the original on 2003-11-01.

Waterways of New York City

Tidal straits

New York Harbor	Buttermilk Channel The Narrows Ambrose Channel New York Bight
Other interstate	Arthur Kill Kill Van Kull Long Island Sound
Intra-city	Bronx Kill East River Hell Gate Harlem River Rockaway Inlet Spuyten Duyvil Creek

Bays and coves

New York Bay

Upper New York Bay	Gowanus Bay
Lower New York Bay	Gravesend Bay Great Kills Jamaica Bay Bergen Basin East Rockaway Inlet Mill Basin Paerdegat Basin Newark Bay Prince's Bay Raritan Bay Rockaway Inlet Dead Horse Bay Sheepshead Bay

East River

Long Island Sound

Rivers, creeks,
canals

Hudson River
- North River

Long Island	Alley Pond Bushwick Inlet Coney Island Creek Flushing River Gerritsen Creek Gowanus Canal Hawtree Creek Horse Brook Kissena Creek Newtown Creek Spring Creek Sunswick Creek
The Bronx	Bronx River Hutchinson River Pugsley's Creek Rattlesnake Creek Tibbetts Brook Westchester Creek
Manhattan	Broad Street Canal Street Minetta Creek Sawkill Creek Sherman Creek
Staten Island	Fresh Kills Richmond Creek Lemon Creek New Creek

Lakes, ponds,
reservoirs

Long Island	Baisley Pond Beaver Pond Bowne Lake Golden Pond Goose Pond Kissena Lake Meadow and Willow Lakes Potamogeton Pond Prospect Park Lake Ridgewood Reservoir Roy Wilkins Park Pond Strack Pond
The Bronx	Crotona Park Reservoir Jerome Park Reservoir Van Cortlandt Lake Williamsbridge Reservoir
Manhattan	Collect Pond Central Park Conservatory Water Harlem Meer Lake Onassis Reservoir Pond Pool and Loch Turtle Pond Croton Distributing Reservoir Highbridge Reservoir
Staten Island	Clove Lakes Long Pond Sharrotts Pond Silver Lake Wolfe's Pond

Former waterways shown in italics. Smaller ponds may not be shown.
See also: Geography of New York City, Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary

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