Buttermilk Channel

The Buttermilk Channel, shown in red, in Upper New York Bay
Looking north through the channel
1766 map indicating 4-fathom (24 ft; 7.3 m) depth of channel and width half a mile (800m)
The Atlantic Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Buttermilk Channel is a small tidal strait in Upper New York Bay in New York City, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 0.25 miles (0.40 km) wide, separating Governors Island from Brooklyn. The channel is marked by a number of navigation aids (green cans no. 5 and 7 at the northeast entrance, and green gong no. 1, marking low water off the tip of Governors Island). Tidal currents on the channel are rather strong.


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