Newtown Creek

river in New York City, United States
Place river Q1983826
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Newtown Creek

Summary

Newtown Creek is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Newtown Creek is located in New York City[3].
  • Newtown Creek is in the country of United States[4].
  • Newtown Creek's route map is recorded as Newtown Creek Aerial Photo.png[5].
  • Newtown Creek's image is recorded as LIC-NewtownCreek.JPG[6].
  • Newtown Creek's instance of is recorded as river[7].
  • Newtown Creek's basin country is recorded as United States[8].
  • Newtown Creek's Commons category is recorded as Newtown Creek[9].
  • Newtown Creek's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 19376970[10].
  • Newtown Creek's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as East River[11].
  • Newtown Creek's has part is recorded as Maspeth Creek[12].
  • Newtown Creek's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 958535[13].
  • Newtown Creek's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.730055555556, 'lon': -73.937666666667}[14].
  • Newtown Creek's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03x3np[15].
  • Newtown Creek's tributary is recorded as Whale Creek[16].
  • Newtown Creek's tributary is recorded as Dutch Kills[17].
  • Newtown Creek's tributary is recorded as East Branch[18].
  • Newtown Creek's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5128712[19].
  • Newtown Creek's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6'}[20].

Body

Geography

Newtown Creek is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in New York City[3].

Physical Characteristics

Newtown Creek's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+6'}[20].

Designation and Status

Newtown Creek's instance of is recorded as river[7].

Why It Matters

Newtown Creek ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . newtowncreekalliance.org. newtowncreekalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Newtown Creek. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/newtown-creek
MLA “Newtown Creek.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/newtown-creek.
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