Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§59c East River, New York
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59c
Summary
A part of the East River in New York County between the south lines of E.17th and E.30th Sts. and the U.S. pierhead line on July 1, 1965, is not a U.S. navigable water.
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Title 33, §59c
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
That portion of the East River, in New York County, State of New York, lying between the south line of East Seventeenth Street, extended eastwardly, the United States pierhead line as it existed on July 1, 1965, and the south line of East Thirtieth Street, extended eastwardly, is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
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33 U.S.C. § 59c
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102