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Neighborhood Tree Survey

Community Board Land Cover Summary

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The land cover of 11 Community Boards (CB) in NYC was analyzed. 20.195% of the land in those 11 CBs was classified as Tree Cover and 8.187% was classified as Grass Cover. Values varied greatly amoung the CBs analyzed however. CB 1 on Staten Island had the highest percentage of Tree Cover at 35.051% and Grass cover at 13.660%. CB 5 in Manhattan had the lowest percentage of Tree Cover at 2.846% and Grass Cover at .027%. These CBs also had the highest and lowest square footage of Tree and Grass Cover respectively of the 11 CBs that were studied.

Values in square feet

Borough	Comm.Board	No Data (sq/ft)	Tree (sq/ft)	Grass (sq/ft)	Impervious (sq/ft)	Building (sq/ft)	Shadow (sq/ft)	Water (sq/ft)	Total (sq/ft)
Manhattan	101	0	5687793	1923138	17121735	14176233	2238768	3407616	44555283
Manhattan	102	0	3486195	34227	14629365	17451891	1044738	933111	37579527
Manhattan	103	0	10102932	535482	20864043	14282559	1211850	119268	47116134
Manhattan	104	0	3378078	52677	20655432	21012984	2270808	1314963	48684942
Manhattan	105	0	1218222	11655	14759055	23424795	3386979	0	42800706
Manhattan	106	4995	4962645	240084	16118847	15529509	1964214	434556	39254850
Bronx	201	0	6898257	4776174	33336414	14675571	0	476190	60162606
Bronx	202	0	5399334	4876443	34338393	15246828	0	726066	60587064
Bronx	203	333	11110203	3222684	21034512	9231057	203985	112140	44914914
Bronx	204	0	10524438	2324142	27797031	14139828	600417	357444	55743300
Staten Island	501	16353	113483673	53457507	137170395	56509569	14418225	16290819	391346541

Percentages

Borough	Comm.Board	%No data	%Tree	%Grass	%Impervious	%Building	%Shadow	%Water
Manhattan	101	0	12.766	4.316	38.428	31.817	5.025	7.648
Manhattan	102	0	9.277	0.091	38.929	46.440	2.780	2.483
Manhattan	103	0	21.443	1.137	44.282	30.314	2.572	0.253
Manhattan	104	0	6.939	0.108	42.427	43.161	4.664	2.701
Manhattan	105	0	2.846	0.027	34.483	54.730	7.913	0
Manhattan	106	0.013	12.642	0.612	41.062	39.561	5.004	1.107
Bronx	201	0	11.466	7.939	55.411	24.393	0	0.792
Bronx	202	0	8.912	8.049	56.676	25.165	0	1.198
Bronx	203	0.001	24.736	7.175	46.832	20.552	0.454	0.250
Bronx	204	0	18.880	4.169	49.866	25.366	1.077	0.641
Staten Island	501	0.004	28.998	13.660	35.051	14.440	3.684	4.163

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