City Island Map

Description: This map shows beaches, streets, houses, buildings, cafes, bars, restaurants, hotels, parking lots, shops, churches, piers, and parks on City Island.

Description: This map shows where City Island is located in New York City.

Description: This map shows where City Island is located in New York State.

City Island is a neighborhood on a small island in the Bronx, located in the western part of Long Island Sound. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide. The City Island Bridge connects it to the mainland through Pelham Bay Park. Its population is about 4,300.

The island's name comes from an 18th-century plan by its owner, Benjamin Palmer, to develop it into a port that would rival New York. In the 19th and 20th centuries, City Island was a center of shipbuilding and sailmaking, and several yachts that defended the America's Cup were built there. The City Island Nautical Museum documents this maritime history.

City Island Avenue, the island's main street, is lined with seafood restaurants, marinas and yacht clubs. According to local tradition, residents born on the island are called "clam diggers", while those who moved there later are known as "mussel suckers".