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THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



Many residents of Manhattan are attracted to City Island 

 on Sundays and holidays by the facilities for bathing, rowing and 

 fishing. Many city dwellers spend the summer on the island in 

 tents, while numerous clubs have their summer camps here. 



City Island is reached by train on the Suburban branch of the 

 New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad to Bartow Sta- 

 tion. Up to very recently there was an old fashioned bob-tailed 



Old City Island Bridge 



horsecar which took passengers from the railroad station to Mar- 

 shall's Corners at the end of Rodman's Neck for one fare of five 

 cents, and to the end of the island, for another. This was replaced 

 in 1910 by an electric monorail, which has not proved very suc- 

 cessful. 



To the east of City Island lies Hart's Island, at one time owned 

 by Oliver De Lancey, and later it passed into the possession of the 

 Haights and Rodmans, then into the hands of John Hunter, and 

 finally into the City of New York. To the north is High Island, 



