Long Island is about 34 times smaller than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Long Island is approximately 3,566 km² (1,377 sq mi), making Long Island 2.92% the size of New York.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Long Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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