[4K] Roosevelt island, NYC, United States

Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to its west and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to its east. Running from the equivalent of East 46th to 85th Streets on Manhattan Island, it is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, with a maximum width of 800 feet (240 m), and a total area of 147 acres (0.59 km2). Together with Mill Rock, Roosevelt Island constitutes Manhattan's Census Tract 238, which has a land area of 0.279 sq mi (0.72 km2), and had a population of 9,520 as of the 2000 United States Census. It had a population of 11,661 as of the 2010 United States Census.

The island was called Minnehanonck by the Lenape and Varkens Eylandt (Hog Island) by New Netherlanders, and during the colonial era and later as Blackwell's Island. It was known as Welfare Island when it was used principally for hospitals, from 1921 to 1973. It was renamed Roosevelt Island (after Franklin D. Roosevelt) in 1973.

Roosevelt Island is owned by the city but was leased to the New York State Urban Development Corporation for 99 years in 1969. Most of the residential buildings on Roosevelt Island are rental buildings. There is also a cooperative named Rivercross and a condominium building named Riverwalk. One rental building (Eastwood) has left New York State's Mitchell-Lama Housing Program, though current residents are still protected. It is now called Roosevelt Landings. There are attempts to privatize three other buildings, including the cooperative. The FDNY also maintains its Special Operations Command facility at 750 Main St. on the island.

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[KeenanLambert]

I love Roosevelt Island... It’s one of NYC’s best kept secrets.

[SabbySabs]

It's so beautiful! I never noticed that before, how beautiful the island is, because ppl took up the space. Great job!

[illblerdmatic]

Looks so peaceful and sound of nature and mother earth trees. Dope channel showing nature this is really neat.

[mydelicioustrips]

Thanks for sharing your moments with us.it’s professional video

[BrightKreations]

Beautiful place, looks like must visit👍Thanks for sharing friend 🤝😊

[bernardkwakuosei]

Breathtaking views!! I miss NYC OMG! I would so love to see more of these AWESOME views. You just got a new subscriber for life

[zonishah]

Such a beautiful island! This video was so relaxing and peaceful 😊

[PhoenixLab]

Definitely gorgeous!! 😍❤️
Beautiful city, it's gonna be on my bucket list. Thank you for sharing this beautiful scenery and perfect background music too. Very relaxing 🥰🥰

[TheSoldierFamilyNetwork]

wow so beautiful and peaceful here!! thanks for sharing

[goat]

Awesome for capturing these moments...YOU ROCK!

[lanabella]

Such a beautiful video, gorgeous views & great quality 🌸

[preselaqueen]

This is beautiful, the sounds of nature so sweet.

[spencerbartholomew]

Such a beautiful place. Thanks for the tour 😊

[AussieWalker.]

Very nice Video, cape barren geese, people jogging, cable car and the music makes it all look relaxing! 😀

[ninjaknightslive]

Beautiful edit, thank you for sharing this experience.

[michaelchin]

A.S, you did a beautiful job capturing the beauty of Roosevelt Island! I came here via Actionkid. With the combination of your video and AK's we get a whole and more complete idea of what Roosevelt Island is about. Thanks for sharing.

[bigben]

What a beautiful video of a place I've always wanted to live in. Thank you!

[rnketia]

This looks sooo beautiful and peaceful!
#serenity 😍

[KieranRenee]

This is a great video. Thanks so much for publishing. Makes me really wanna go to NYC