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Wards Island

Randalls Island and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in . Part of the borough of , it is separated from Manhattan Island by the , from by the and , and from by the .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Manhattan, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Buchanan’s Island”, “Great Barcut Island”, “Great Barn Island”, “Tenkenas”, and “Ward’s Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manhattan Psychiatric Center and East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad.

Hospital
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a -state run psychiatric hospital on Wards Island in . As of 2009, it was licensed for 509 beds, but holds only around 200 patients.

Bridge
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hell Gate Bridge is a railroad bridge in New York City. The bridge carries two tracks of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and one freight track between , and , via Randalls and Wards Islands.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a 5,000 seat track and field and multipurpose facility located on Randalls Island in , . Designed within the former site of , it opened on April 23, 2005.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Harlem and Astoria.

Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and to the east and north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . is bounded by the and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, to the southeast, and and to the east.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
is a neighborhood geographically located in the southwest corner of , New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1.

Wards Island

Latitude
40.7876° or 40° 47′ 15″ north
Longitude
-73.92542° or 73° 55′ 32″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q3QF+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357594968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5143238
Wiki­data ID
Q1199913
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Wards Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ward’s Island”
  • Cebuano: “Wards Island”
  • Czech: “Ward’s Island”
  • Czech: “Wards Island”
  • Dutch: “Wards Island”
  • French: “Ward’s Island”
  • German: “Wards Island”
  • Hebrew: “האי וורד”
  • Hebrew: “וורד’ז איילנד”
  • Hebrew: “וורד’ס איילנד”
  • Hebrew: “וורד”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Wards”
  • Indonesian: “Wards Island”
  • Italian: “Wards Island”
  • Japanese: “ワーズ島”
  • Korean: “워즈섬”
  • Portuguese: “Ward’s Island”
  • Russian: “Остров Уорда”
  • Russian: “Уордс”
  • Slovak: “Ward’s Island”
  • Slovenian: “Wardov otok”
  • Slovenian: “Wards Island”
  • Spanish: “Ward’s Island”

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