Components Manhattan

1 components

1.1 manhattan island
1.2 marble hill
1.3 smaller islands

components

the borough consists of manhattan island, marble hill, , several small islands, including randalls island , wards island, , roosevelt island in east river, , governors island , liberty island south in new york harbor.

according united states census bureau, new york county has total area of 33.6 square miles (87 km), of 22.8 square miles (59 km) land , 10.8 square miles (28 km) (32%) water. northern segment of upper manhattan represents geographic panhandle. manhattan island 22.7 square miles (59 km) in area, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) long , 2.3 miles (3.7 km) wide, @ widest (near 14th street).

manhattan island

manhattan island loosely divided downtown (lower manhattan), midtown (midtown manhattan), , uptown (upper manhattan), fifth avenue dividing manhattan s east , west sides. manhattan island bounded hudson river west , east river east. north, harlem river divides manhattan island bronx , mainland united states.

early in 19th century, landfill used expand lower manhattan natural hudson shoreline @ greenwich street west street. when building world trade center in 1968, 1.2 million cubic yards (917,000 m³) of material excavated site. rather dumping spoil @ sea or in landfills, fill material used expand manhattan shoreline across west street, creating battery park city, result 700-foot (210-m) extension river, running 6 blocks or 1,484 feet (452 m), covering 92 acres (37 ha), providing 1.2-mile (1.9 km) riverfront esplanade , on 30 acres (12 ha) of parks; hudson river park subsequently opened in 1998.

marble hill

one neighborhood of new york county contiguous u.s. mainland. marble hill @ 1 time part of manhattan island, harlem river ship canal, dug in 1895 improve navigation on harlem river, separated remainder of manhattan island between bronx , remainder of manhattan. before world war i, section of original harlem river channel separating marble hill bronx filled in, , marble hill became part of mainland.

marble hill 1 example of how manhattan s land has been considerably altered human intervention. borough has seen substantial land reclamation along waterfronts since dutch colonial times, , of natural variation in topography has been evened out.

smaller islands

in new york harbor, there 3 smaller islands:

ellis island, shared new jersey
governors island
liberty island

other smaller islands, in east river, include (from north south):

randalls , wards islands, joined landfill
mill rock
roosevelt island
u thant island (legally belmont island)




^ new york city administrative code section 2-202 division boroughs , boundaries thereof – division boroughs , boundaries thereof., justia. accessed november 20, 2016. borough of manhattan shall consist of territory known new york county, shall contain part of city , state, including portion of land commonly known marble hill , included within county of new york , borough of manhattan purposes pursuant chapter 9 hundred thirty-nine of laws of nineteen hundred eighty-four , further including islands called manhattan island, governor s island, bedloe s island, ellis island, franklin d. roosevelt island, randall s island , oyster island...
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