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One of 601 National Register listings published here for New York County · listed in 2014 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Pier 83 & West 42nd St., Manhattan
- When was it listed? September 2014
- Category. structure
- Borough. Manhattan
- National Register reference number. 14000702 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1,079 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,079 fires within 5 miles of CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 77 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 667 |
| Natural | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Smoking | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Fireworks | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel): 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet Deposit | Garnet, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| 64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| 69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave Deposit | Iron, Garnet, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| General Metallic Oxides/Jersey City | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| 2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| 55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| 85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep. | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gallo Asphalt Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1850, 1985 |
Maps showing this location
23 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1888 USGS Paterson quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Paterson quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Paterson quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Paterson quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Paterson quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1905 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:25000
- 1944 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:25000
- 1949 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Weehawken quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | USS INTREPID (aircraft carrier) | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
 | USS EDSON (DD-946) | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
 | ENTERPRISE (space shuttle) | 0.3 miles | 2013 |
 | US Post Office-Old Chelsea Station | 0.5 miles | 1989 |
 | Hotel Gerard | 0.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Film Center Building | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000702 in Record Group 79. |
| New York County | All 601 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.