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The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern ___MASK19___ in the United States . The river originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate ___MASK19___ , flows through the Hudson Valley , and eventually drains into the Atlantic Ocean , between ___MASK19___ City and Jersey City . The river serves as a political boundary between the states of New Jersey and ___MASK19___ , and further north between ___MASK19___ counties . The lower half of the river is a tidal estuary occupying the Hudson Fjord , which formed during the most recent period of North American glaciation , estimated at 26 , 000 to 13 , 300 years ago . Tidal waters influence the Hudson ' s flow from as far north as Troy . The ___MASK2___ ( USMA ), also known as West Point , Army , The Academy , or simply The Point , is a four - year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point , New York in Orange County . It sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River , north of New York City . Samuel Nicholl Benjamin ( January 3 , 1839 -- May 15 , 1886 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor . A class of May 1861 West Point graduate , he received his Medal of Honor on June 11 , 1877 . He is buried in the cemetery of Saint Phillip ' s church in Garrison , ___MASK19___ . Following the Civil War , he served at West Point and in the Adjutant General Corps . He died on duty while serving in the Department of the East . Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County , ___MASK19___ , United States . It is part of the town of Philipstown , on the east side of the Hudson River , across from the ___MASK2___ at West Point . The Garrison Metro - North Railroad station serves the town . Garrison ( a . k . a . Garrison ' s Landing ) was named after 2nd Lieutenant Isaac Garrison who held a property lot on the Hudson River across from West Point and conducted a ferry service across the Hudson River between the two hamlets . Isaac and his son Beverly Garrison fought in the Battle of Fort Montgomery in 1777 , were captured by the British and later set free . The Metro - North Commuter Railroad , trading as MTA Metro - North Railroad or simply Metro - North , is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA ), a public authority of the state of ___MASK19___ . With an average weekday ridership of 298 , 900 in 2014 , it is the second - busiest commuter railroad in North America in terms of annual ridership , behind its sister railroad , the Long Island Rail Road . Metro  North runs service between ___MASK19___ City and its northern suburbs in ___MASK19___ and Connecticut , including in ___MASK19___ State , Port Jervis , Spring Valley , Poughkeepsie , White Plains , and Wassaic ; in Connecticut , New Canaan , Danbury , Waterbury , and New Haven . Metro - North also provides local rail service within ___MASK19___ City with a reduced fare . There are 124 stations on Metro - North Railroad ' s five active lines ( plus the Meadowlands Rail Line ), which operate on more than of track , with the passenger railroad system totaling of route .