Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital is a historical site in Manhattan, New York. Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital is situated nearby to Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, as well as near United Nations Headquarters.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Smallpox Hospital and United Nations Headquarters.
Smallpox Hospital
Ruins
Photo: Earnest B, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Smallpox Hospital, sometimes referred to as the Renwick Smallpox Hospital and later the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital located on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City.
United Nations Headquarters
Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. United Nations Headquarters is situated 2,400 feet west of Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Park
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tudor City and Long Island City and Astoria.
Tudor City
Neighborhood
Photo: Niklem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.
Long Island City and Astoria
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital
- Type: Historical site
- Historically known as: “Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School” and “Renwick Smallpox Hospital”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.75167° or 40° 45′ 6″ northLongitude
-73.95944° or 73° 57′ 34″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G8Q22R+M6GeoNames ID
9166030
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