Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island is an in 's , within the borough of . It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of , on , to the east.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 11,700 residents
  • Description: island on East River in New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Blackwell ‘​s Island”, “Blackwell Island”, “Blackwell’s Island”, “Blackwells Island”, “Franklin D. Roosevelt Island”, “Hog Island”, “Manhattan/Roosevelt Island”, “Manning Island”, “Manning’s Island”, “Minnahanock Island”, “Minnahanonck”, “Minnahanonck Island”, “Minnehanock”, “Minnehanonck”, “Perkins Island”, “Rooseveltov ostrov”, “Varcken Island”, “Varckens Eylandt”, “Varken Island”, “Welfare Island”, “Νησί Ρούσβελτ”, “אי הסעד”, “בלאקוול’ס”, “האי בלאקוול’ס”, “ウェルフェア島”, and “ブラックウェルズ島”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and Roosevelt Island station.

Bridge
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The Queensboro, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro…

Metro station
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The is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway.

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is a historic house on Roosevelt Island in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Long Island City and Astoria.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in .

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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of .

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The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts.

Roosevelt Island

Latitude
40.75868° or 40° 45′ 31″ north
Longitude
-73.95268° or 73° 57′ 10″ west
Population
11,700
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q25W+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9423354112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6690901
Wiki­data ID
Q909777
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Roosevelt Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة روزفلت”
  • Armenian: “Ռուզվելտի կղզի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ruzvelt adası”
  • Basque: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Catalan: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Cebuano: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Chinese: “羅斯福島 (紐約)”
  • Chinese: “羅斯福島”
  • Czech: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Danish: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Dutch: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Roosevelt”
  • Estonian: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Finnish: “Roosevelt Island”
  • French: “Roosevelt Island”
  • German: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Greek: “Νησί Ρούζβελτ”
  • Hebrew: “רוזוולט”
  • Hungarian: “Roosevelt-sziget”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Roosevelt”
  • Indonesian: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Interlingua: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Irish: “Oileán Roosevelt”
  • Italian: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Japanese: “ルーズベルト島”
  • Japanese: “ローズヴェルト島”
  • Korean: “루스벨트섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Roosevelt”
  • Lithuanian: “Ruzvelto sala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Persian: “جزیره روزولت”
  • Polish: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Portuguese: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Russian: “Остров Рузвельта”
  • Russian: “Рузвельт Ислэнд”
  • Russian: “Рузвельт”
  • Slovak: “Roosevelt Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla Roosevelt”
  • Swedish: “Roosevelt Island, New York”
  • Thai: “เกาะรูสเวลต์”
  • Turkish: “Roosevelt Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Рузвельта”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sutton and Queensbridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Riverwalk Commons and Riverwalk Commons East.

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