Is ellis island in new jersey?

Ellis Island is located in Upper New York Bay, east of Liberty State Park and north of Liberty Island, in Jersey City, New Jersey, with a small section that is part of New York City. Largely created through land reclamation, the island has a land area of 27.5 acres (11.1 ha), most of which is part of New Jersey. read more

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was opened January 1, 1892. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. read more

New Jersey won the battle of Ellis Island today. Five years after New Jersey sued New York in the Supreme Court to establish sovereignty over the largely artificial mixture of rock and landfill in New York Harbor, the Justices swept aside New York's appeal to history and sentiment and ruled by a vote of 6 to 3 that the entire landfill part, nearly 90 percent of the island, is New Jersey territory. read more

New York, 523 U.S. 767 (1998), was a United States Supreme Court case in which it was determined that roughly 90% of Ellis Island was part of New Jersey rather than New York. History An interstate compact had been signed between New York and New Jersey in 1834, prior to Ellis Island becoming a major immigration center. read more

This led to places such as Ellis Island located on the New Jersey side of the river, but belonging to New York. Between the 1890s and 1934, Ellis Island was expanded through land reclamation and soon became a major center for immigrants coming from Europe to the New World. read more

While Ellis Island has been a source of tension between the two states since time immemorial -- New Jersey first sued New York in 1831 in a Supreme Court case that was made moot by the 1834 compact -- New Jersey was prompted to file the latest suit by a seemingly mundane Federal appeals court ruling in 1992. read more