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.
  • Neighborhood with about 11,700 residents
  • Description: island on East River in New York City, United States
  • Also known as
    “Blackwell ‘​s Island”
    “Franklin D. Roosevelt Island”
    “Hog Island”
    “Manning Island”
    “Minnahanock Island”
    “Minnahanonck”
    “Minnahanonck Island”
    “Minnehanock”
    “Minnehanonck”
    “Perkins Island”
    “Varcken Island”
    “Varken Island”
    “Welfare Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and Roosevelt Island station.
The Queensboro, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro…
Metro station
The is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway.
is a historic house on Roosevelt Island in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Long Island City and Astoria.
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the of in .
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of .
The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts.
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Latitude
40.75868° or 40° 45′ 31″ north
Longitude
-73.95268° or 73° 57′ 10″ west
Open location code
87G8Q25W+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Roosevelt Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة روزفلتArabic
Ռուզվելտի կղզիArmenian
Ruzvelt adasıAzerbaijani
Roosevelt IslandBasque
Roosevelt IslandCatalan
Roosevelt IslandCebuano
羅斯福島Chinese
羅斯福島 (紐約)Chinese
Blackwell’s IslandCzech
Roosevelt IslandCzech
Welfare IslandCzech
Roosevelt IslandDanish
Roosevelt IslandDutch
Varckens EylandtDutch
Insulo RooseveltEsperanto
Roosevelt IslandEstonian
Roosevelt IslandFinnish
אי הסעדHebrew
בלאקוול’סHebrew
האי בלאקוול’סHebrew
רוזוולטHebrew
Roosevelt-szigetHungarian
Pulau RooseveltIndonesian
Roosevelt IslandIndonesian
Roosevelt IslandInterlingua
Oileán RooseveltIrish
Blackwell ‘​s IslandItalian
Roosevelt IslandItalian
Welfare IslandItalian
ウェルフェア島Japanese
ブラックウェルズ島Japanese
ルーズベルト島Japanese
ローズヴェルト島Japanese
루스벨트섬Korean
Insula RooseveltLatin
Roosevelt IslandLatin
Ruzvelto salaLithuanian
Roosevelt IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
جزیره روزولتPersian
Roosevelt IslandPolish
Остров РузвельтаRussian
РузвельтRussian
Рузвельт ИслэндRussian
Roosevelt IslandSlovak
Rooseveltov ostrovSlovak
Roosevelt Island, New YorkSwedish
เกาะรูสเวลต์Thai
Roosevelt AdasıTurkish
Острів РузвельтаUkrainian

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