Show NEW YORK CITY OF ISLANDS Some of Them Mere Dots Others as Large ns Some Separate Cities No largo city of the world has so many Islands within Its municipal boundaries as New York Some of these Islands are mere dots Others I are large enough to have almost the I dimensions of cities Governors Island with an area of 70 acres Is tho property of the federal I government and Is assessed at 5600 I 000 by the city which IE 80000 an acre and as land values go within I New York that figure Is low Illackwells Island which covers 124 acres Is valued at 12000000 which IB at the rule of nearly 07000 an acre Wards Island Is valued at 9000000 I and Randalls at 5000000 North Brother Island Is valued at 220000 I HIkers Island at 517000 and Harts Island at 3GO000 I The most Important of the Islands Included within tho boundaries of the Greater New York Is of course Manhattan Island the value of which is practically Incalculable It Is at least 5000000000 how much moro Is conjectural The Borough of Brooklyn Includes Coney Island The whole of the Borough Bor-ough of Richmond Is an Island an Island valued by the city for tax purposes pur-poses at about 50000000 The area of Staten Island Is 36000 acres which is almost three times the size of Manhattan Man-hattan |