Wallabout Bay

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• Wallabout Bay — is small body of water in Upper New York Bay along the northwest shore of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, between the present Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges, opposite Corlear s Hook on Manhattan to the west, across the East River. It… …   Wikipedia

• Wallabout — 40°42′15.7″N 73°58′28″O / 40.704361, 73.97444 …   Wikipédia en Français

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