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The island is one of the southernmost locations in New York City where Fordham gneiss, a type of bedrock commonly found beneath the South Bronx, [15] can be seen above ground. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] The gneiss outcropping was surrounded by dolomite , which was worn down by East River currents, creating the current island. [ 7 ]
The city is a commercial hub of Western Connecticut, an outer-ring commuter suburb of New York City, and a historic summer colony within the New York metropolitan area and New England. [4] Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City", because it was once the center of the American hat industry, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.