Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a 413-acre prison island in the East River in the Bronx, New York, United States, that contains New York City's largest jail. Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Bronx, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Hewletts Island” and “Riker’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include LaGuardia Airport and Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center.
LaGuardia Airport
Photo: ERIC SALARD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
LaGuardia Airport is the third major airport in the New York area. While JFK and Newark Airport are major international airports, LaGuardia mostly serves domestic flights.
Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center
Prison
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The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx's southern shore, across from Rikers Island, near Hunts Point.
Rikers Island Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Cdogsimmons, Public domain.
Rikers Island Bridge is a girder bridge that connects Rikers Island in the borough of the Bronx with the borough of Queens in New York City. The bridge begins in the Ditmars Steinway area in Astoria, Queens, near the intersection of Hazen Street and 19th Avenue, and continues to the south side of Rikers Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hunts Point and Port Morris.
Hunts Point
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City. It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market. Hunts Point is situated 1½ miles north of Rikers Island.
Port Morris
Neighborhood
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Port Morris is a neighborhood geographically located in the southwest corner of the Bronx, New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1. Port Morris is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rikers Island.
College Point
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Whitestone Expressway and Flushing; to the east by 138th Street and Malba/Whitestone; to the north by the East River; and to the west by Flushing Bay. College Point is situated 2 miles east of Rikers Island.
Rikers Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Rikers Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Rikers Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رايكرز آيلاند”
- Armenian: “Ռիկերս”
- Basque: “Rikers Island”
- Catalan: “Rikers Island”
- Cebuano: “Rikers Island”
- Chinese: “瑞克斯島”
- Chinese: “裏克斯島”
- Chinese: “賴克斯島”
- Chinese: “里克斯岛”
- Chinese: “里克斯島”
- Danish: “Rikers Island”
- Dutch: “Rikers Island”
- Estonian: “Rikers Island”
- Finnish: “Rikers Island”
- French: “Rikers Island”
- German: “Rikers Island”
- Hebrew: “רייקרז איילנד”
- Ido: “Rikers Island”
- Italian: “Rikers Island”
- Japanese: “ライカーズ・アイランド”
- Japanese: “ライカーズ島”
- Korean: “라이커스섬”
- Lithuanian: “Raikerso sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rikers Island”
- Norwegian: “Rikers Island”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rikers Island”
- Persian: “ریکرز آیلند”
- Russian: “Райкерс”
- Russian: “Рикерс”
- Serbian: “Острво Рајкерс”
- Spanish: “Isla Rikers”
- Spanish: “Rikers Island”
- Swedish: “Rikers Island”
- Turkish: “Rikers Island”
- Ukrainian: “Райкерс”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rikers Island Channel and South Brother Island Channel.
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