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The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, [ 11][ 12][ 13] encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km 2 ). [ 14] The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world, the ...
The city's total area is 468.484 square miles (1,213.37 km 2). 302.643 sq mi (783.84 km 2) of the city is land and 165.841 sq mi (429.53 km 2) of it is water. [164] [165] The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the eastern seaboard south of Maine. [166]
The city's land area is estimated to be 321 square miles (830 km 2). [2] However, a more recent estimate calculates a total land area of 304.8 square miles (789.4 km 2 ). [ 3 ] Icebergs are often compared in size to the area of Manhattan.
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2 ).
Urban area Country Built-up land area (km 2) Population Urban population density (per km 2) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) United States: 26,390 9,710,000 953 New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) United States: 12,093 20,902,000 1,728 Boston–Providence United States: 9,539 7,340,000 769 Tokyo–Yokohama Japan: 8,231 ...
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [ 14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [ 15]
Coordinates were measured in grades on official French terrestrial ordnance charts from the French revolution well into the 20th century. 1 grade (or in modern symbology, 1 gon) = 0.9° or 0.01 right angle. One advantage of this measure is that the distance between latitude lines 0.01 gon apart at the equator is almost exactly 1 kilometre.
A portion of a map of the city from 1776; De Lancey Square and the grid around it can be seen on the right. The streets of lower Manhattan had, for the most part, developed organically as the colony of New Amsterdam – which became New York when the British took it over from the Dutch without firing a shot in 1664 – grew.