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Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens , on Long Island , to the east. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, with an area of 147 acres (0.59 km 2 ), and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States census .
The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Roosevelt Island to the Upper East Side of Manhattan.The tramway is the first commuter aerial tramway in the U.S., having opened on May 17, 1976, to serve residential developments on Roosevelt Island.
Manhattan Island; Ellis Island (New York Harbor), shared with New Jersey; Governors Island (New York Harbor) Liberty Island (New York Harbor) Mill Rock (East River) Randalls, Wards, and Sunken Meadow Island, joined by landfill (East River) Roosevelt Island (East River) U Thant Island, legally Belmont Island (East River)
The Roosevelt Island station is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway.Located in Manhattan on Roosevelt Island in the East River, it is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.
Blackwell Island (known as Welfare Island from 1921 to 1973; now Roosevelt Island) is located in the middle of the East River, within the modern borough of Manhattan.The island was purchased by the city government in 1828.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre (1.6 ha) memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens.
Roosevelt Island Built in 1892 to serve as a laboratory for City Hospital, it was "the first institution in the nation for pathological and bacteriological research." The building was designed by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Walter Dickson in the Romanesque Revival style.
The Roosevelt Island Bridge is a tower drive vertical lift bridge that connects Roosevelt Island in Manhattan to Astoria in Queens, crossing the East Channel of the East River. It is the sole route to the island for vehicular and foot traffic (without using public transportation ).