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Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City's largest jail. [4] [5]Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
South Brother Island (East River) Pelham Islands, historical name for a group of mostly uninhabited islands in western Long Island Sound. The Blauzes; Chimney Sweeps Islands; City Island, only inhabited island in the borough; Hart Island; High Island; Rat Island; Rikers Island (East River), location of New York City's jail
A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third-party receiver after holding the city's Department of Corrections (DOC ...
Anna M. Kross Center; Arthur Kill Correctional Facility; Bayview Correctional Facility; Benjamin Ward Visit Center; Bridewell (New York City jail) Brooklyn Detention Complex
Technically, Rikers Island is in the Bronx since New York City took it over from Long Island City in 1884, after it had annexed the South Bronx but before it consolidated Queens. However, like Astoria Heights, Rikers Island gets its mail from the East Elmhurst ( ZIP Code 11370) station of the Flushing Post Office.
Google Maps The appellate division for the second judicial department then confirmed the charges on Wednesday in its decision, in which it handed down its punishment.
Rikers Island (7 P) Roosevelt Island (1 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Islands of the East River" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Two high-ranking federal immigration officials on Thursday backed a new call to reopen an ICE office at Rikers Island that was shut down by City Hall in 2015.