east river

English Thesaurus

1. a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	sound, strait,
definition	:	a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (noun.object)

part meronym	:	greater new york, new york, new york city,
definition	:	the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center (noun.location)