PLAN OF NEW YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS
 

AREA, POPULATION, AND PARKS IN URBAN
AND RURAL DISTRICTS

THE distribution of area, population, and park spaces, between the present
city of New York, other cities and towns of more than 25,000 population,
and the remainder of the territory, is shown by the figures on page 33.
Besides the city of New York, there are 25 other municipalities of over 25,000,
four of which are in New York State, 18 in New Jersey, and three in Connecti¬
cut. The provision of park areas in proportion to population varies greatly,
with West Hoboken and Perth Amboy at one end of the list and Montclair
at the other, the last named having four and one-half acres of park to each 1,000
of its population, while Norwalk comes next with four acres. Mt. Vernon and
Yonkers would have been well down in the list were it not for the fact that a
large proportion of the land acquired for the Bronx River Parkway falls within
their corporate limits. The portions of the county parks falling within the cor¬
porate limits of the several municipalities are credited to them, the rest being
included in the "balance of area." It is interesting to note that the provision of
park areas, in proportion to population, in New York City, corresponds almost
precisely with the average of all towns of over 25,000 population. In the com¬
parative distribution, indicated by sectors of circles, the inclusion of the
Palisades Interstate Park Commission's reservations gives such a large per¬
centage to the area outside of the towns and cities that an additional diagram is
included which gives the proportions excluding interstate parks.
 

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