The Statue of Liberty is in Upper New York Bay.
Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States , best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty . New York Harbor , part of the Port of New York and New Jersey , is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean at the East Coast of the United States . The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ; [ La Liberté éclairant le monde , links = no ] ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City , in the United States .