Ellis Island

**Ellis Island**
	island in New York Harbor in the United States of America Aerial view of Ellis Island
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Instance of	island; tourist attraction; National Monument of the United States (–1965);
Located in protected area	Statue of Liberty National Monument (1965–);
Location	New Jersey; Manhattan; Hudson County; United States of America;
Located in or next to body of water	Upper New York Bay;
Has use	facility (immigration, 1892–1954);
Operator	National Park Service;
Heritage designation	Tentative World Heritage Site (Ellis Island, (iv), 2017–); America's Most Endangered Historic Places (1992–); America's Most Endangered Historic Places (1997–);
Area	1.5 acre (1830); 27.5 acre (1935);
Elevation above sea level	2 m;
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	40° 41′ 58″ N, 74° 02′ 23″ W
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	Q202175; VIAF ID: 244660226; GND ID: 4274979-7; Library of Congress authority ID: sh88007294; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119451543; IdRef ID: 027401499; NL CR AUT ID: ge307711; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000792409; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10046009; BabelNet ID: 00030412n; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539238305171; OpenStreetMap way ID: 27459262; LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID: ny1252
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aerial view of Ellis Island
aerial view
Ellis Island and Manhattan as seen from New Jersey shore in 2020
The bridge to Liberty State Park
Entrance to the Main Building, seen from the south
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (operated from 1902 to 1951)
State border after New Jersey v. New York, 1998
Seen from east. From left to right: contagious diseases ward; lawn; hospital; ferry basin; main building, kitchen, dormitory, and immigration building
Ferry building

History

First Ellis Island Immigrant Station, built in 1892 and destroyed 1897
Second Ellis Island Immigration Station (opened 1900) as seen in 1905
European immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, 1915
circa 1893
Undated photo of southern facade of kitchen and laundry]]
Italian family in the baggage room, 1905
View from the southeast; the baggage and dormitory (right) is east of the main building (left)
The main building's registry room
"Reds, anarchists, radicals" awaiting deportation, 1920
Anti-immigrant cartoon expressing opposition to the construction of Ellis Island (Judge, March 22, 1890)
"Mr. Windom, if you are going to make this island a garbage heap, I am returning to France"

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