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Neighborhood Trees Summary

There were 322 tress surveyed in the 3 project sites: 50 in Hunts Point in the Bronx, 60 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and 212 in New Brighton on Staten Island. Of these trees, 34 were in excellent condition, 254 in good condition, 31 in poor condition, and 3 were dead. The oldest tree was a Common Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) located on Staten Island at 320 years old. The most valuable tree surveyed was a Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) valued at $23,069.
Summary by Tree Species
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There were 73 London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia), 45 Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos), and 36 Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) trees surveyed. This table summarizes all of the variables calculated by tree species.

Neighborhood Trees Surveyed

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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