Main Street on Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island, and before that Blackwell's Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens to its east. Running from Manhattan's East 46th to East 85th streets, it is about two miles (3 km) long, with a maximum width of 800 feet (240 m), and a total area of 147 acres (0.6 km²). The island is part of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County. Together with Mill Rock Island, Roosevelt Island comprises New York County's Census Tract 238, which has a land area of 0.722 km² (0.279 sq mi). ^[1] and had a population of 9,520 in 2000 according to the US Census. ^[2] The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation estimated its population was about 12,000 in 2007. ^[3] The land is owned by the city, but was leased to the State of New York's Urban Development Corporation for 99 years in 1969. Most of the residential buildings on Roosevelt Island are rental buildings. One (Rivercross) is a cooperative. One (Riverwalk Place) is a condo. One rental building (Eastwood) has left New York State's Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program, though current residents are protected. Three other buildings are now working toward privatization, including the cooperative. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Roosevelt Island is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. ... Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national park located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. named after the 26th president of the United States. ... Location of Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island (79°25S 162°00W) is an ice-covered island, about 130 km long in a NW-SE direction, 65 km wide and about 7,500 km2 in area, lying in the E part of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (653x792, 99 KB) Summary Main Street on Roosevelt Island Taken on September 1, 2005 Uploaded by paytonc to Flickr[1] Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Roosevelt Island ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (653x792, 99 KB) Summary Main Street on Roosevelt Island Taken on September 1, 2005 Uploaded by paytonc to Flickr[1] Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Roosevelt Island ... New York City waterways: 1. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... Mill Rock Island is a small island between Manhattan and Queens located south of Randalls and Wards Island where the East and Harlem rivers converge, in the U.S. state of New York. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... A census tract, census area, or census district is a particular community defined for the purpose of taking a census. ... The Urban Development Corporation (doing business as the Empire State Development Corporation) is a public authority of the state of New York in the United States. ... The Mitchell-Lama Housing Program is a form of housing subsidy in the state of New York. ...

History

The 1889 Chapel of the Good Shepherd in modern surroundings

Before colonization, the island was called Minnahononck^[4] (sometimes spelled Minnahanock) by the native Americans. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (831x609, 189 KB) Summary The Chapel of the Good Shepherd (Frederick Clarke Withers, 1889) on Roosevelt Island Taken on September 1, 2005 Uploaded by paytonc to Flickr[1] Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Roosevelt Island ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (831x609, 189 KB) Summary The Chapel of the Good Shepherd (Frederick Clarke Withers, 1889) on Roosevelt Island Taken on September 1, 2005 Uploaded by paytonc to Flickr[1] Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Roosevelt Island ...

In 1637, the Dutch purchased the island from the natives and named it Varckens (Hogs') Island. It was named Manning's Island after captain John Manning between 1666 and 1686, Blackwell's Island between 1686 and 1921, and Welfare Island between 1921 and 1973. Throughout the 19th century, various hospitals, asylums, and correctional institutions were located on the island. Welfare Penitentiary (where entertainer Mae West once served time) was closed in 1935 after the completion of a new penitentiary on Rikers Island. (At least one source claims the island was named "Flynn's Island" prior to being renamed Blackwell's Island.) MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... View of Rikers Island Rikers Island is the name of New York Citys largest jail facility, as well as the name of the 413. ...

In 1973, the island was renamed again in anticipation of the building of a major United States Presidential Memorial to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The monument was intended - in part - to make the island more attractive to potential residents and visitors. It was planned as a large three-walled granite room open to the sky and facing the water at the island's southern tip, with the Four Freedoms inscribed on one wall. Owing primarily to the untimely death of the architect, Louis Kahn, the memorial was never built. Some still hope to complete the project despite the construction of a Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in the nation's capital.^[5] An alternative proposal involving calling for a large public plaza at the site also has been halted. United States presidential memorials are created to honor and perpetuate the legacy of United States presidents. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Freedom of Speech Freedom of Worship. “Freedom From Fear” The Four Freedoms are goals famously articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the State of the Union Address he delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941. ... Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901/1902 – March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned architect who practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a United States Presidential Memorial built not only to the memory of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but also to the era he represents. ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, the island was developed as a residential community with a number of high-rise apartment buildings. Two long-term medical care facilities of Goldwater Hospital are located at opposite ends of the island. Many foreign diplomats live on Roosevelt Island because of its proximity to United Nations headquarters on the East Side of Manhattan. Residents are members of a Residents Association (RIRA), and the Island is served by a fortnightly community newspaper, The Main Street WIRE, and by a resident-operated website, NYC10044.com at http://nyc10044.com. High-rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. ... This article is about the physical offices of the United Nations in New York. ... The Main Street WIRE is the community newspaper of Roosevelt Island, part of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Roosevelt Island is sometimes referred to as "The Little Apple" - a jocular allusion to New York City's "Big Apple" moniker. A detailed history of the Island is available at http://nyc10044.com/timeln/timeline.html. The Big Apple is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City used by New Yorkers. ...

Architecture

Though small, Roosevelt Island has a distinguished architectural history. It has several architecturally significant buildings, and has been the site of numerous important unbuilt architectural competitions and proposals.

The island's masterplan, adopted by the New York State Urban Development Corporation in 1969, was developed by the firm of Philip Johnson and John Burgee. The plan divided the island into three residential communities. The plan is noteworthy because it forbade the use of automobiles on the island. It was intended that residents would park their cars at a large garage and use public transportation to circulate. Another innovation was the plan's development of a 'mini-school system' in which classrooms for the island's public intermediate school were distributed among all the residential developments, in a campus-like fashion (as opposed to being centralized in one large building). The Urban Development Corporation (doing business as the Empire State Development Corporation) is a public authority of the state of New York in the United States. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... John Burgee is an American architect important in post-modern architecture. ...

The first phase of Roosevelt Island's development was called "Northtown." It consists of four housing complexes: Eastwood, Island House, Rivercross, and Westwood. Rivercross is a Mitchell-Lama co-op, while the rest of the buildings in Northtown are rentals. Eastwood, the largest apartment complex on the island, and Westwood were designed by noted architect Josep Lluis Sert, then dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design. Eastwood, along with Peabody Terrace (in Cambridge, MA), is a prime example of Sert's investigations into high-rise multiple-dwelling residential buildings. It achieves a remarkable level of efficiency by triple-loading corridors with duplex apartment units, such that elevators and public corrdiors are only needed every three floors. Island House and Rivercross were designed by Johansen & Bhavnani. The two developments were noteworthy for their use of pre-fabricated cladding systems. The Mitchell-Lama Housing Program is a form of housing subsidy in the state of New York. ... Josep Lluís Sert (1902 - 1983) was a Catalan Spanish architect. ... The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design. ...

Subsequent phases of the Island's development have been less innovative, architecturally. Northtown Phase II was developed by the Starrett Corporation and was designed by the firm Gruzen Samton in a pseudo-historical post-modern style. It was completed in 1989, over a decade after Northtown. Southtown, also designed by Gruzen Samton, is the third phase of the island's development. It was not started until 1998, and is still in the process of development.

As of January 2008, Buildings 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been completed. Buildings 5 and 6 are currently under construction. Resedential development of Southtown has brought new retail businesses to Roosevelt Island, including a Starbucks and Duane Reade. Roosevelt Island, which is known for its limited variety of restaurants, has also gained two new restaurants as a result of Southtown development: Nonno's Foccaceria and Fiji East. For other uses of Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... Duane Reade is a chain of drugstores/convenience stores, primarily located in New York City. ...

In addition to Louis Kahn's Roosevelt Memorial, the island has also been the site of numerous other architectural speculations. Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture proposed two projects for the Island in his book "Delirious New York": the Welfare Island Hotel and the Roosevelt Island Redevelopment Proposal (both in 1975-76). That proposal was Koolhaas's entry into a competition held for the development of Northtown Phase II. Other entrants included Peter Eisenman, Robert A. M. Stern, and Oswald Mathias Ungers. Remment Koolhaas, IPA: , (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas first studied scriptwriting at the Dutch Film Academy, and was then a journalist for... Installation art by Peter Eisenman in the courtyard of Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, Italy, Entitled: Il giardino dei passi perduti, (The garden of the lost steps) Peter Eisenman (born August 11, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey) is one of the foremost practitioners of deconstructivism in American architecture. ... Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture. ... Messe-Torhaus in Frankfurt, designed by Ungers Oswald Mathias Ungers or short O.M.U. (born July 12, 1926) is a German architect. ...

In 2006, ENYA (Emerging New York Architects) made the Island's abandoned southern end the subject of one of its annual competitions.

Transportation

Roosevelt Island Red bus

Although Roosevelt Island is located directly under the Queensboro Bridge, it is not directly accessible from the bridge itself. Between 1930 and 1955, the only vehicular access to the island was provided by an elevator system in the Elevator Storehouse that transported cars and commuters between the bridge and the island. The elevator was closed to the public after the construction of the Roosevelt Island Bridge between the island and Astoria in 1955. It was finally demolished in 1970. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 683 KB)This is a picture of the Roosevelt Island Red bus. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 683 KB)This is a picture of the Roosevelt Island Red bus. ... The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... The Roosevelt Island Bridge connects Roosevelt Island to Long Island City in Queens. ...

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Q102 bus at Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island's residential community was not designed to support automobile traffic during its planning in the early 1970s. Automobile traffic has become common even though much of the island remains a car-free area. The MTA Bus Company Q102 route operating between the island and Astoria obviates the need for automobiles to some extent. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 797 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1020 × 767 pixel, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Q102 bus at Roosevelt Island File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 797 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1020 × 767 pixel, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Q102 bus at Roosevelt Island File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... It has been suggested that Pedestrian street be merged into this article or section. ... The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. ...

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) operates an on-island shuttle bus service from apartment buildings to the subway and tramway for a fare of 25¢ (10¢ for seniors and disabled people). The buses are highly visible due to their bright red color.

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Demographics

As of the 2000 census,[2] Roosevelt Island had a population of 9,520. 4,995, or 52% of the population, were female, and 4,525, or 48%, were male. The population was spread out with 5% under the age of 5, 20% under the age of 18, 67% between the ages of 18 and 65, and 15% over the age of 65.

The racial makeup of the island was 45% white (non-Hispanic), 27% black, 11% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 0.3% other races. 14% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

The median income was $49,976. 37% had an income under $35,000. 40% had incomes between $35,001 and $99,999, and 23% had an income over $100,000.

55% of the total households were family households, and 45% were non-family households. 17% of the residents were married couples with children, and 19% were married couples without children. 36% of the households were one-person households, and 9% were two or more non-family households. 3% were male-based households with related and unrelated children, and 16% were female-based households with related and unrelated children.

Since 2000, demographics have likely shifted. In April 2006, The Octagon, a 500-unit luxury rental building, opened its doors. Many young, affluent tenants occupy the studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.^{[citation needed]} 100 of the units therein are set aside for middle-income residents. Also in 2006, a multi-building luxury condominium called Riverwalk completed construction of its first buildings.

Education

Roosevelt Island, as with all parts of New York City, is served by the New York City Department of Education. The Official Seal of the City of New York The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the citys public school system. ...

Residents are zoned to P.S. 217/I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island School. The Child School and Legacy High School serve K-12 special needs children with learning and emotional disabilities,

Nearby high schools include:

• Manhattan
  • Eleanor Roosevelt High School
  • High School of Art and Design
  • Talent Unlimited CES Vanguard High School
  • CES-Manhattan International Urban Academy Lab High School
• Queens
  • Long Island City High School

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Media

The Main Street WIRE

Roosevelt Island has its own community newspaper, founded in 1979 and published fortnightly. Volunteers deliver the newspaper to every residential door in the community.

The newspaper confines its coverage to Roosevelt Island matters, reporting on community concerns ignored by other New York City media, including issues that arise by virtue of Roosevelt Island being a community within New York City which is operated by the State (not the City) of New York, with a local "authority" called the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation in charge. For several years, The WIRE has editorialized in favor of a stronger element of elected home rule for the community, and various small steps have been taken in that general direction. Most recently, the Residents Association (RIRA) has been in the process of mounting an election which will serve to nominate members to the Board of Directors of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC). The Governor will retain the final nominating power, however.

The WIRE derives its name from the first four residential buildings constructed on Roosevelt Island: Westview, Island House, Rivercross, and Eastwood. Current and back issues are on line at http://nyc10044.com.

Notable residents and visitors

Prisoners on Blackwell's and Welfare Island

The prison at Blackwell's Island, 1853

• George Washington Dixon — served six months for libel against Reverend Francis L. Hawks
• The Farid Family
• Emma Goldman — several times, for activities in support of anarchism and birth control and against the World War I draft.
• Peter H. Matthews — for operating policy games (illegal lotteries) all over New York City
• Madame Restell — for performing abortions
• Boss Tweed — served one year on corruption-related charges
• Mae West — served eight days on public obscenity charges for her play Sex
• Billie Holiday — served on prostitution charges.
• Fritz Joubert Duquesne - Nazi spy and leader of the Duquesne Spy Ring, the largest convicted espionage case in United States history.
• Dutch Schultz - arrested for burglary

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Visitors who exposed conditions on Blackwell's Island

• Nellie Bly — went undercover as a patient in the Women's Lunatic Asylum
• Charles Dickens — described conditions at the "Octagon", an asylum for the mentally ill then located on the northern portion of the island, in his American Notes (1842)

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Former residents of Roosevelt Island

• "Grandpa" Al Lewis of The Munsters, now deceased
• Comedian Buddy Hackett, now deceased
• Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
• Comedian Andrea Rosen^[6]
• Artist & Photographer: Jason A. Cina

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Modern residents of Roosevelt Island

• Author Gwynne Forster
• Tim Keller, Christian author and minister
• Fez Whatley of The Ron and Fez Show

Ruins of Smallpox Hospital

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Roosevelt Island in fiction, film, & popular entertainment

• In the opening chapter of Stephen Crane's novelette, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), "a worm of yellow convicts" is seen emerging from a prison building on Roosevelt Island.
• Roosevelt Island appears in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby as Blackwells Island, in Chapter Four, when Nick and Jay drive into Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge.
• A Roosevelt Island Tramway car is held hostage in the 1981 Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks.
• In the 1993 film For Love or Money, Doug Ireland (Michael J. Fox) wants to buy the "abandoned hotel" at the south end of Roosevelt Island.
• Near the end of the film Spider-Man (2002), the Green Goblin blows up the Roosevelt Island side tram station and leaves a group of children hanging inside one car. He also brings Spider-man down to fight with him in an abandoned building on the island. The island is also featured in the videogame Spider-Man 2
• The tram and the island make another appearance in Spider-Man media, in Amazing Spider-Man #161 and #162, appearing on the cover of the latter.[3] Also, Spider-Man and Hulk fight on the Roosevelt Island in Amazing Spider-Man #328.
• The old King Kong Tramway ride at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, featured the Roosevelt Island Tram [4]
• Roosevelt Island is the setting for the 2005 movie Dark Water where Jennifer Connelly moves into a low-rent apartment with her daughter and then is terrorized by the ghost of a dead girl that used to live upstairs.
• In the second season episode of CSI: New York called "Dancing with the Fishes", a crime is committed inside one of the cable cars.
• Roosevelt Island's ruins, particularly the Smallpox Hospital and the Strecker Laboratory, play a central role in Linda Fairstein's police procedural novel The Dead House (Scribner 2001).
• The fictional high school which the main characters attend in the 2006 Studio GONZO anime series Red Garden is on Roosevelt Island.
• A sign posted on the Williamsburg Bridge in the 1966 film "Mister Buddwing" reads: "Stairway to Welfare Island." Suzanne Pleshette, playing the character Grace, tries to throw herself off the bridge wearing nothing but a fitted trenchcoat and white ankle boots, before James Garner saves her.
• In the 1994 movie Léon (film) the Natalie Portman character "Mathilda" takes the Tramway to Roosevelt Island to seek asylum at the Spenser School.
• In the opening scene of City Slickers Billy Crystal's character "Mitch Robbins" is shown communting to work via the Roosevelt Island tram.
• In most Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon videos Roosevelt island can be seen during a sequence in the song Us and Them with footage taken on top of the Queensboro Bridge.
• In the famous novel by Caroline B. Cooney, Code Orange's main character, Mitty, is studying smallpox for his own survival. He goes and visits the smallpox hospital ruins on Roosevelt Island.
• In the 2007 film The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster, a memorable scene takes place at the Roosevelt Island parking lot. The film mentions the island several times.

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Tram malfunction

On April 18, 2006, at 5:15 p.m., 67 passengers and two operators were trapped on both cable cars linking Manhattan to Roosevelt Island. Though no one was hurt, they were stranded for over 6 hours, the last passenger reaching the ground at 4 a.m. ("The last 10 passengers made it down 11 hours after the trams stopped dead"). The stranded passengers passed the time by singing songs, telling scary stories, and entertaining each other while waiting to be rescued. For details, see reports in The Main Street WIRE at http://nyc10044.com/wire/2615/wire2615.pdf. Reports on the cause are at http://nyc10044.com/wire/2616/wire2616.html. is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As of September 1, 2006, after some $500,000 in renovations and repairs to the tramway were made, the Roosevelt Island cable cars resumed operation. Renovations included repairs to the primary and back-up drive systems. The tram cars were also provided with 5-gallon plastic buckets with toilet seats, to function as sanitary facilities in the event of another emergency. is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.
• United States Presidential Memorial

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References

1. ^ [1] United States Census Bureau
2. ^ "An Island Joins the Mainstream" - New York Times (September 2, 2007)
3. ^ According to the US Census 2000, Mill Rock Island (Census Block 9000) is unpopulated
4. ^ "Roosevelt Island." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service (18 Jan. 2006)
5. ^ A Campaign to Build a Long-Delayed F.D.R. Memorial - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
6. ^ Eliot Glazer (2007-10-11). Inside With: Andrea Rosen. The Apiary.

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Roosevelt Island

• The Main Street WIRE — Roosevelt Island Community Newspaper
• Island History - Roosevelt Island History Timeline
• The Changing Landscape of Roosevelt Island — New York Times, December 4, 2005
• Next Stop: Roosevelt Island Tram - New York Times 2008 January 15
• The Roosevelt Island Historical Walk
• Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
• Roosevelt Island Information at NYCroads.com
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• Roosevelt Island is at coordinates 40°45′43″N 73°57′00″W / 40.761927, -73.950093 (Roosevelt Island)Coordinates: 40°45′43″N 73°57′00″W / 40.761927, -73.950093 (Roosevelt Island)
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... // Neighborhoods Marble Hill Inwood Washington Heights Hudson Heights Harlem Central Harlem Sugar Hill Mount Morris Park West Harlem Hamilton Heights Manhattanville Spanish Harlem (also called East Harlem, El Barrio or Italian Harlem) Upper West Side Morningside Heights Manhattan Valley Upper East Side Carnegie Hill Yorkville Lenox Hill Roosevelt Island Flatiron... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... The promenade of Battery Park City. ... For other uses, see Bowery (disambiguation). ... Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... Converted townhouses along 23rd Street. ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ... New York City Hall Civic Center is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan covering the area around New York City Hall. ... View of Columbus Circle, looking east down Central Park South from inside the Time Warner Center. ... View of Grand Street showing 26 years of cooperative development: Amalgamated Dwellings (1930) in the foreground with two of the Hillman Housing buildings (1947-50) behind it. ... The Diamond District is an area of New York City located on West 47th Street between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) in midtown Manhattan, within walking distance of many New York City attractions. ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States from January 1, 1892 until November 12, 1954. ... A view up Broad Street in the Financial District in Manhattan Federal Hall The Financial District of New York City is a neighborhood on the southernmost section of the borough of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the citys major financial institutions, including the New... Five Points (or The Five Points) was a notorious slum centered on the intersection of Worth St. ... The famous Flatiron building from which the district is named. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... This article is about Governors Island in New York State. ... Gramercy, also called Gramercy Park, is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, focused around Gramercy Park, a private park between East 20th and 21st Streets. ... Gramercy Park (sometimes misspelled as Grammercy) is a small, fenced-in private park in the Gramercy neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, accessible only to residents of certain townhouses in the area who have keys to the park. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in Harlem in New York City. ... For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... View from between 47th and 48th street on Ninth Avenue looking north toward Time Warner Center and Hearst Tower Hells Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from... Categories: Stub | Manhattan ... Hudson Heights is a Manhattan neighborhood located within the larger area known as Washington Heights in New York City. ... An artists rendition of how the West Side Stadium would have looked. ... Broadway and Dyckman Street intersection in Inwood. ... Italian Harlem is a neighborhood in East Harlem, formerly inhabitated by a large Italian American population. ... View from Kips Bay mall The Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan is the area between 23rd Street and 34th Street extending from the East River to Third Avenue. ... Koreatown, Manhattan Koreatown, or K-town as it is colloquially known, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that is generally bordered by 31st and 36th Streets and Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenues. ... Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on Manhattans Upper East Side. ... Le Petit Sénégal, or Little Senegal, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Liberty Island Liberty Island, formerly called Bedloes Island, is a small uninhabited island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. ... Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. ... Food vendors line the streets of Little Italy. ... Loisaida mural by local artist Antonio Garcia, aka Chico. Loisaida is a term derived from the Hispanic (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of Lower East Side, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. ... Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge, 2005 Rigid airship the USS Akron over Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. ... Madison Square, 1908. ... Manhattan Valley is a small area of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... 125th Street station at Broadway and 125th Street, one of Manhattanvilles primary landmarks Manhattanville is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the south by Morningside Heights on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by Harlem and on the north by... Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. ... Marcus Garvey Park is located in Harlem in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... The Meatpacking District, once known as Gansevoort Market, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Midtown Manhattan viewed from the World Trade Center. ... This article is about the neighbourhood in New York City. ... The Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan extends south from 42nd street to meet the neighborhood of Gramercy (or Rose Hill/Curry Hill as the northern half of Gramercy is often referred to) at 29th street. ... For other uses, see NoHo (disambiguation). ... Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Paddys Markets is a commercial enterprise that has two large markets in Haymarket, New South Wales and Flemington, New South Wales that specialises in the sale of Fruit, vegetables, fish and giftware. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Manhattan, New York City used by baseballs New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in their... A Radio Row is an urban street or district specializing in the sale of radio and electronic equipment and parts. ... Randalls Island is situated in the East River in New York City. ... Rose Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... A view of the South Street Seaport in New York with the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges. ... 125th Street between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio, is a neighborhood in the East Harlem area of New York City, in the north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan. ... View of central Manhattan from Stuyvesant Town. ... Sugar Hill is an neighborhood in the northern part of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City defined by 155th St. ... Sutton Place is a classically elegant neighborhood. ... Tenderloin was a neighborhood of the West Side of Manhattan north and east of Chelsea on the far West Side, which stretched south to West 14th Street and up to West 57th Street, from the mid 1800s to the 1920s. ... The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located the many Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres, movie theatres, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment. ... For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the term TriBeCa or Tribeca, see Tribeca (disambiguation). ... Tudor City is an apartment complex located on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. ... The view of the East River and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges from Two Bridges, Manhattan Two Bridges is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City, United States. ... Union Square Park (also known as Union Square) is an important and historic intersection in New York City, located where Broadway and the Bowery came together in the early 19th century. ... The Upper East Side at Sunset The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA, between Central Park and the East River. ... Upper Manhattan is an area in New York City consisting of the thin, northern neck of the island of Manhattan. ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) to Wards Island (top) This article is about Wards Island in New York State. ... Washington Heights seen from the west tower of the George Washington Bridge. ... Waterside Plaza is a Mitchell-Lama Housing Program funded apartment complex constructed in 1974 and located in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan. ... // For the West Village development in Dallas, Texas, see West Village, Dallas The West Village is west of the Greenwich Village neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, bounded by the Hudson River and roughly Sixth Avenue, extending from 14th Street down to Houston Street. ... A section of Yorkville as seen from a high rise on Second Avenue and 87th Street Yorkville is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York City. ...
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The Manhattan Community Board 1 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 2 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 3 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Tompkins Square, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown and Two Bridges, in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 4 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Clinton and Chelsea in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 5 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Midtown in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 6 is a local government unit of the City of New York, encompassing the East Side of Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets. ... The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 8 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 9 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, and Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 10 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Harlem and Polo Grounds in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 11 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of East Harlem, El Barrio/Spanish Harlem, Wards and Randalls Island in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 12 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Inwood and Washington Heights in the borough of Manhattan. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Barren Island, was originally an island off the southern end of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in Jamaica Bay just opposite the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. ... The Blauzes are two tiny islands in City Island Harbor, off the northern tip of Hart Island. ... Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel, Queens NY. Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... The Chimney Sweeps Islands, New York is a pair of tiny islands in the northern part of City Island Harbor. ... City Island is a small island approximately 1. ... For other uses, see Coney Island (disambiguation). ... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States from January 1, 1892 until November 12, 1954. ... This article is about Governors Island in New York State. ... Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Harts Island is a small uninhabited island in New York City at the western end of Long Island Sound. ... High Island is a small private island next to City Island. ... Aerial photo of Lower New York Bay, showing Hoffman and Swinburne islands. ... Northern tip of Hunter Island, facing Glen Island in Westchester County, NY Hunter Island is a small island in northeast Bronx, New York. ... The Isle of Meadow, shown in red, along the western side of Staten Island The Isle of Meadow is a small uninhabited island in Staten Island, New York in the United States. ... Liberty Island Liberty Island, formerly called Bedloes Island, is a small uninhabited island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Mill Rock Island is a small island between Manhattan and Queens located south of Randalls and Wards Island where the East and Harlem rivers converge, in the U.S. state of New York. ... North Brother Island is an island in the East River situated between the Bronx and Rikers Island. ... Pralls Island, in the Arthur Kill, is shown in red Pralls Island is an uninhabited island in the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New York, and Linden, New Jersey, in the United States. ... Randalls Island is situated in the East River in New York City. ... There is another Rat Island in Alaska. ... View of Rikers Island Rikers Island is the name of New York Citys largest jail facility, as well as the name of the 413. ... The eastern end of Shooters Island (background, forested) as seen from the waterfront of Staten Island Shooters Island () is a small uninhabited island at the southern end of Newark Bay, along the north shore of Staten Island. ... South Brother Island is one of a pair of small islands in the East River situated between the Bronx and Rikers Island. ... This article is about the borough in New York City. ... Swinburne Island hospital, 1879. ... Twin Island is a part of Pelham Bay Park, Bronx and is next to Hunters Island. ... U Thant Island, officially Belmont Island, is an island in the East River across from United Nations headquarters at 42nd Street on Manhattan in New York City. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) to Wards Island (top) This article is about Wards Island in New York State. ...