Editing Hell Gate (section)

{{Short description|Tidal strait in New York City}}
{{about|the New York City strait}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}}
[[File:Hell Gate Bridge (84467)p.jpg|thumb|Hell Gate and the [[Hell Gate Bridge]], looking north]]
[[File:Wpdms terra hell gate.jpg|thumb|Hell Gate, shown in red, in a satellite photo of [[New York Harbor]], separating [[Wards Island]] to the west and [[Astoria, Queens]] to the east]]
'''Hell Gate''' is a narrow [[tidal strait]] in the [[East River]] in [[New York City]]. It separates [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]], [[Queens]], from [[Randall's and Wards Islands]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="Citycyclopedia">{{cite book |editor-first=Kenneth T. |editor-last=Jackson |title=The Encyclopedia of New York City |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, Conn. |year=1995 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300055368/page/538 538] |isbn=0-300-05536-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300055368/page/538 }}</ref>