Liberty Island

Liberty Island
Liberty Island in December 2014 with Jersey City in the background
LocationUpper New York Bay
Coordinates40°41′24″N 74°2′42″W / 40.69000°N 74.04500°W / 40.69000; -74.04500
Area14.717 acres (59,560 m2)
Governing bodyNational Park Service
Designated
  • October 15, 1924
  • September 7, 1937[1]
Designated by
Official nameStatue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
DesignatedOctober 15, 1966
Reference no.66000058
Official nameStatue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
DesignatedMay 27, 1971
Reference no.1535[2]
TypeIndividual
DesignatedSeptember 14, 1976
Liberty Island is located in New York City
Liberty Island
Location in Upper New York Bay
Liberty Island is located in New York
Liberty Island
Liberty Island (New York)
Liberty Island is located in Hudson County, New Jersey
Liberty Island
Liberty Island (Hudson County, New Jersey)
Liberty Island is located in the United States
Liberty Island
Liberty Island (the United States)

Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the northeastern United States. Its most notable feature is the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), a large statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi that was dedicated in 1886. The island also contains the Statue of Liberty Museum, which opened in 2019 and exhibits the statue's original torch.

Long known as Bedloe's Island, it was renamed by an act of the United States Congress in 1956. Part of the State of New York, the island is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey. There were a number of disputes regarding the jurisdictional status of the island during the 20th century.

Liberty Island became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1937 through Presidential Proclamation 2250, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[3] In 1966, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island.[4]

  1. ^ "Proclamation 1950: Enlarging the Statue of Liberty National Monument New York". Code of Federal Regulations: Title 3—The President 1936–1938 Compilation. National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1968. pp. 120–121.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hudson County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "Early History of Bedloe's Island". Statue of Liberty Historical Handbook. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Sutherland, Cara A. (2003). The Statue of Liberty. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 0760738904. Retrieved June 18, 2016.