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  2. U Thant Island - Wikipedia

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    U Thant Island (officially Belmont Island) is a small artificial island or islet in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The 100-by-200-foot (30 by 60 m) island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.

  3. List of smaller islands in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Hunter Island, no longer an island, part of Pelham Bay Park; Twin Island, no longer an island, part of Pelham Bay Park; Goose Island, Hutchinson River, part of Pelham Bay Park; North Brother Island ; South Brother Island (East River) Pelham Islands, historical name for a group of mostly uninhabited islands in western Long Island Sound. The Blauzes

  4. The forgotten history of NYC’s abandoned islands — and how ...

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    Mill Rock served as a fortified defensive position during the war of 1812 and today is used as a nature educational center for special events, while Belmont Island was built during the ...

  5. Belmont Park - Wikipedia

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    Belmont Park has direct on- and off-ramps to the Cross Island Parkway, which runs north–south and is just to the west of the park. Belmont Park's physical address is given as 2150 Hempstead Turnpike (New York State Route 24). [29] The Belmont Park property originally totaled some 650 acres (260 ha).

  6. Elmont, New York - Wikipedia

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    Arched windows of the Belmont grandstand and tote board in 1999 photo Covert Avenue School. Elmont is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in northwestern Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States, along its border with the borough of Queens in New York City.

  7. Steinway Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Steinway Tunnel's Queens portals at left; to the right are the East River Tunnels' portals. Pictured in April 1974. In 1900, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), headed by August Belmont Jr., was awarded the contract for construction and operation of the city's subway line and a few years later the IRT engineered a takeover of Manhattan's elevated railways, thus gaining a monopoly ...

  8. Belmont Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    Belmont Lake State Park was established in 1926 on land that was formerly part of the "Nursery Stud Farm", a Thoroughbred horse farm owned by August Belmont, namesake of the Belmont Stakes. [1] [5] The park was selected by Robert Moses as regional headquarters for all state parks on Long Island in 1935. [1]

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