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1630:Sandy Ground
1615:Prince's Bay
1520:Richmondtown
1510:Ocean Breeze
1454:Graniteville
1448:Emerson Hill
1438:Dongan Hills
1334:Saint George
1299:New Brighton
1273:Graniteville
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1137:Wolfe's Pond
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1044:Collect Pond
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1635:Tottenville
1595:Great Kills
1590:Eltingville
1580:Bay Terrace
1556:South Shore
1546:Willowbrook
1525:South Beach
1443:Egbertville
1379:Westerleigh
1344:Silver Lake
1339:Shore Acres
1278:Grymes Hill
1222:North Shore
1132:Silver Lake
1117:Clove Lakes
1085:Turtle Pond
1060:Harlem Meer
996:Strack Pond
956:Golden Pond
945:Beaver Pond
932:Long Island
905:Lemon Creek
893:Fresh Kills
808:Bronx River
767:Horse Brook
722:Long Island
706:North River
679:Udalls Cove
664:LeRoy's Bay
575:Raritan Bay
538:Jamaica Bay
533:Great Kills
510:Gowanus Bay
419:Arthur Kill
391:The Narrows
181:Piles Creek
167:around the
165:Arthur Kill
120:Fresh Kills
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1853:Categories
1716:74°11′14″W
1713:40°34′36″N
1661:West Shore
1656:East Shore
1600:Greenridge
1585:Charleston
1459:Grant City
1422:Bulls Head
1417:Bloomfield
1398:Mid-Island
1314:Port Ivory
1283:Livingston
1157:See also:
961:Goose Pond
951:Bowne Lake
925:reservoirs
729:Alley Pond
674:Pelham Bay
629:Little Bay
619:Bowery Bay
606:East River
565:Newark Bay
553:Mill Basin
450:East River
445:Bronx Kill
438:Intra-city
303:References
208:Main Creek
185:Newark Bay
183:, and—via
23:Fresh Kill
1625:Rossville
1544:southern
1535:Todt Hill
1483:southern
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1369:Ward Hill
1359:Sunnyside
1349:Stapleton
1309:Park Hill
1304:Old Place
1292:northern
1271:northern
1240:northern
1236:Arlington
1122:Long Pond
1036:Manhattan
1005:The Bronx
910:New Creek
842:Manhattan
801:The Bronx
455:Hell Gate
161:watershed
1760:New York
1605:Huguenot
1570:Annadale
1530:Teleport
1515:Old Town
1495:New Dorp
1464:Grasmere
1412:Arrochar
1329:Rosebank
1262:Elm Park
270:See also
232:wetlands
228:kayaking
210:and the
191:and the
154:landfill
88:New York
67:Location
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1505:Oakwood
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1257:Concord
1252:Clifton
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1153:italics
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694:canals
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