Ferry service from Hudson County to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty resumes Saturday following a two-month absence.

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is among those who would like to revive the plan to build a new bridge with pedestrian access of Ellis Island. “Taking a ferry a quarter-mile, or less, doesn’t ...

Rose Faughnan, one of the first women physicians in the PHS, founded a hospital in Passaic, New Jersey after practicing for eight years at Ellis Island. Fiorella La Guardia worked as a translator ...

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Courtesy of Jersey City Past and Present. The first immigration station at Ellis Island opened in 1892. In that first year, the new immigration station processed over 400,000 immigrants.

Immigrants just arrived, awaiting examination, Ellis Island, New York harbor. Underwood & Underwood. Courtesy Library of Congress. Arrival and Departure In 1991, Historic Preservation magazine ...

The ticket includes a round-trip ferry ride to Liberty Island from either New York or New Jersey, access to the grounds of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Ellis Island National ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Statue of Liberty is at the top of many travelers’ must-see lists. A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis ...

Immigrants just arrived, awaiting examination, Ellis Island, New York harbor. Underwood & Underwood. Courtesy Library of Congress. Arrival and Departure In 1991, Historic Preservation magazine ...