Narrows, The (New York, N.Y.)

LC control no.	no2011183823
Geographic heading	Narrows, The (New York, N.Y.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Narrows of New York Harbor Verrazano Narrows (New York, N.Y.)
Special note	SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
Found in	Williams, J. Plan of Col. Jonathan Williams, for fortifying The Narrows, between Long and Staten islands, 1807. New York (State). Treasurer's Office. In Assembly, January 3, 1827. Message from the governor. ... I herewith transmit to you an application ... for the purchase of lands for the site of a light-house at the Narrows on Staten-Island, 1827. Bartlett, W.H. The Narrows from Staten Island, 1849. GNIS, Nov. 29, 2011 (The Narrows; a channel in Richmond County, N.Y.; also known as the Narrows of New York Harbor) Wikipedia, via WWW, Nov. 28, 2011 (The Narrows; tidal strait separating the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City; spanned by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge; the strait itself is sometimes erroneously called the "Verrazano Narrows")