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The current Randalls and Wards Island came about when Little Hell Gate was partially infilled. [6] [7] The combined island is part of the New York City borough of Manhattan; [7] this dates to an 1829 statute that designated the islands as being within Manhattan's eastern boundary. [8] Randalls and Wards Island has an area of about 530 acres ...
Randalls and Wards Islands is an island in New York City's East River. Pages in category "Randalls and Wards Islands" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The first known bridge to Wards Island was a wooden drawbridge between East 114th Street in Manhattan to the northwest corner of the island. The bridge was built in 1807 to serve a cotton business run by Philip Milledolar and Bartholomew Ward and lasted until 1821, when it was destroyed by a storm.
North of the Wards Island viaduct, trains cross the former Little Hell Gate strait to reach the Randalls Island viaduct. [275] [288] The viaduct across Randalls Island is about 1,965 feet (599 m) long [275] [263] and measures about 75 to 80 feet (23 to 24 m) high. [86] It is supported by concrete arches similar to those on Wards Island.
The largest of these parks was Randall's Island Park, located on Wards and Randalls Islands. [210] [211] The park on Randalls Island was approved in February 1935 [212] and included an Olympic-sized running track called Downing Stadium, work on which began in mid-1935; [210] [213] the stadium was incomplete at the time of the bridge's opening ...
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A 2006 plan for a water park—the first in the nation for a large city—on the northwest corner of Randalls Island was controversial. Announced by the Giuliani administration as a $48 million, 15-acre (61,000 m 2) project, the proposal expanded to encompass 26 acres (110,000 m 2) at a projected cost of $168 million before being cancelled in 2007.
The New York City borough of Manhattan contains numerous smaller islands in addition to the main island of Manhattan. [2] Three of these islands, Ellis Island, Governors Island, and Liberty Island, are located in Upper New York Bay, [3]: 9 though jurisdiction of Ellis Island is shared with neighboring Jersey City, New Jersey, and Liberty Island is an exclave of Manhattan within New Jersey.