Incredible Photos Of Immigrants Arriving At Ellis Island

It’s Actually in New Jersey

If you ask pretty much anyone, they will tell you that Ellis Island is in New York. After all, it’s in New York Harbor and it’s near the Statue of Liberty which everyone associates with the Big Apple. But what most people don’t know is that while Ellis Island has traditionally been considered to be a part of New York state, the United States Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that most of the island is actually located in New Jersey. The two states actually argued for decades over whether the island really belonged to New York or to New Jersey.