Trans Pacific Sketches a Tour Through the United States And Canada By Alfred Fa
Trans Pacific Sketches a Tour Through the United States And Canada By Alfred Fa
Alfred Falk
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Western Hemisphere, is situated at the mouth of the Hudson, and occupies the whole extent of Manhattan Island ; which is thirteen and a half miles, long, by a width varying from a few hundred yards to two miles and a quarter. It also takes up a portion of the mainland, and three small islands in East River viz. , Randall's, Ward's, and Black- well's. The area of New York is forty- one and a half square miles, of which twenty-one and a half are on Man hattan Island, nineteen on the mainland, and... about three quarters of a mile on the smaller islands. Its greatest length is sixteen miles, and its greatest width four and a half. It is separated from the City of Brooklyn by a branch of the Hudson called East River ; and from its NEW YORK. 137 other leading dependency, Jersey City, by the Hudson proper. The older portion of the city is irregularly laid out ; the larger and newer portion is more regular. The streets running the length of the island are called avenues, and are numbered from First upwards ; the cross-thoroughfares bear the name of streets, and are numbered from First and go up to 2251!^.
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