Editing South Amboy, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 2.68 square miles (6.95&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.54 square miles (3.98&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 1.15 square miles (2.97&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (42.76%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR1">[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref> South Amboy is bordered by land with [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]] to the south and west, by [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey|Perth Amboy]] to the north (across the [[Raritan River]]), and [[Staten Island]] to the east (across the [[Raritan Bay]] in [[New York City]]).<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010514/touches.html Areas touching South Amboy], MapIt. Accessed March 8, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Government/Pages/Municipalities.aspx Municipalities], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

[[Area codes 732 and 848]] are used in South Amboy.<ref name=AreaCodes/> The city had been in [[area code 908]], until January 1, 1997, when 908 was split forming area code 732. South Amboy has an enclave of apartments near Kohl's in Sayreville, whose residents use a South Amboy mailing address. The Melrose and Morgan sections of Sayreville and the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge also use the South Amboy Zip Code of 08879. {{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Mechanicsville, White's Dock, and Thomas J. Dohany Homes are neighborhoods in the city.