Long Island
an island forming part of the State of New York; extreme LONG ISLAND CITY length 118 miles; width varying from 15 to 23 miles; miles; area, 1,682 square miles.
It is connected with Manhattan by four bridges and three tunnels. The island is divided into Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties, and of its area that portion comprising Kings and Queens counties forms part of the city of New York under the names of Borough of Brooklyn and Borough of Queens.