Ellis Island
About Ellis Island
Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, about 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there; according to one estimate, two-fifths of Americans may be descended from these immigrants. It has been part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument since 1965 and is accessible to the public only by ferry. The north side of the island is a national museum of immigration, while the south side of the island, including the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is open to the public through guided tours.
On the show
He was born Nuta Kovlienko in Kiev in 1902 and he moved to America. When he was processed through Ellis Island, they changed his name to Nudie, which I'm not sure how often that actually happened. Usually it was people just changing their name to seem more American themselves.
from No Such Thing As Captain Crossword, 2026-01-15 at 00:42:04 · read transcript
Coordinates: 40.6994, -74.0397