City size comparison
compared to
Boston is about 6 times smaller than New York City.
New York City (including all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island) is approximately 781 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 15.88% the size of New York City.
This to-scale comparison of
New York City
vs.
Boston
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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