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In the broad sense, the term may be loosely taken to include the following bodies of water:

• Upper New York Bay
• Lower New York Bay
• Newark Bay
• The Narrows
• North River (i.e., the lower Hudson River)
• East River
• Arthur Kill
• Kill Van Kull
• Jamaica Bay
• Harlem River

In socioeconomic terms, the phrase has historically implied the commercial activity of the port of New York City, including the waterfronts of the five boroughs and nearby cities in New Jersey on the Hudson River.

Throughout its history, the harbor has the most important port in the United States and furnished one of the principal means by which passengers and goods were transported to and from New York City.

Since the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb., New York City proper as a commercial port has been almost completely eclipsed by the container shipContainer ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers, in a technique called containerization. Informally known as "box boats," they carry the majority of the world's dry cargo. There are large main line vessels that ply th facility at nearby Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine TerminalStaten Island Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is the name for the port facility in Newark Bay that serves as the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the metropolitan region of New York City and the northeastern quadrant in Newark Bay, which is the largest such port on the Eastern SeaboardThe Eastern Seaboard (also Atlantic Seaboard of the United States is the Atlantic coast from the eastern tip of Maine to the southern tip of Florida. It may especially refer to the highly urbanized strip along the coast from Boston, Massachusetts to Washi.

A persistent misconception holds that the harbor is largely devoid of marine life. In reality, it supports a great variety of thriving aquatic species.

See: Marine life of New York HarborThe Marine life of New York Harbor refers to variety of aquatic plant and animal species in New York Harbor in the vicinity of New York City. A popular misconception holds that the harbor is largely devoid of marine life. In reality, it has supported a gr, Geography of New York Harbor