Welfare Island
Welfare Island is in Manhattan, New York. Welfare Island is situated nearby to Roosevelt Island Bridge, as well as near Noguchi Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roosevelt Island Bridge and Noguchi Museum.
Roosevelt Island Bridge
Bridge
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The Roosevelt Island Bridge is a tower drive vertical lift bridge that connects Roosevelt Island in Manhattan to Astoria in Queens, crossing the East Channel of the East River. Roosevelt Island Bridge is situated 770 feet south of Welfare Island.
Noguchi Museum
Museum
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The Noguchi Museum is a museum and sculpture garden at 32-37 Vernon Boulevard in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City, designed and created by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi Museum is situated 2,200 feet east of Welfare Island.
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge
Bridge
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The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Completed in 1909, it connects the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens with the East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island. Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Welfare Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Upper East Side.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
Upper East Side
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The Upper East Side of Manhattan is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of Central Park, the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.
Astoria
Neighborhood
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Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
Welfare Island
Latitude
40.76538° or 40° 45′ 55″ northLongitude
-73.94569° or 73° 56′ 45″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G8Q383+5PGeoNames ID
5143557
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