Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York. Roosevelt Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sutton, as well as near Queensbridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roosevelt Island station and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.
Roosevelt Island station
Metro station
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The Roosevelt Island station is a local station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Manhattan on Roosevelt Island in the East River, it is served by the M train on weekdays during the day and the F train during weekends and nights.
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.
Blackwell House
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Blackwell House is a historic house on Roosevelt Island in New York City. The house's name comes from Jacob Blackwell, who built the house in 1796. He was the great-grandson of Robert Blackwell, who in 1686 took ownership of what was then known as Manning's Island and subsequently became the island's new namesake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Long Island City and Astoria.
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.
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.
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.
Roosevelt Island
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.75868° or 40° 45′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.95268° or 73° 57′ 10″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G8Q25W+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9423354112OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
6690901
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