7 Small Islands Worth Visiting in NEW YORK CITY

7 SMALL ISLANDS WORTH VISITING IN NEW YORK CITY

IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS
Thumbnail Image: “Governors Island Outlook Hill” by Mr.10G - (adapted) - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr

1. “NYC Bound - August 2017 (37092313185)” by Shannon McGee - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Wikimedia Commons
2. “Randalls and Wards Islands” by Roy Googin - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
3. “hells-gate-with-soccer-field” by Dan DeLuca - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
4. “Randalls-Island-Soccer-Fields” by Dan DeLuca - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
5. “Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges New York City Queens” by unknown- CC BY-SA 3.0 - Wikimedia Commons
6. “tri-toro” by Jon Evans- CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
7. “Graves in Potters Field” by Kiddo27 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Wikimedia Commons
8. “House of Refuge, Randall's Island, New York” by unknown - public domain - Wikimedia Commons
9. “Exterior view of Inebriate Asylum, Ward's Island, N.Y” by unknown - Public Domain - Wikimedia Commons
10. “New Field” by Tom Paliswiat - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Wikimedia Commons
11. “Governors Ball - NYC” by Scott Meis - CC BY-ND 2.0 - Flickr
12. “dsc01301” by chrismcnally - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
13. “Wards Island Bridge (Southwest View)” by Jeff - CC BY 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
14. “round flowers; Manhattan (technically)” by Bill - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
15. “Randall Island mot Bronx” by svensmail - CC0 1.0 - Flickr
16. “City Island and Hart Island, Bronx NY” by Doc Searls - CC BY 2.0 - Wikimedia Commons
17. “City Island Bridge - from sidewalk, 2011” by  mike - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Wikimedia Commons
18. “City Island, New York” by Doug Kerr - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
19. “Welcome to City Island” by Benjamin Ragheb - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
20. “untitled” by David Trawin - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
21. “Sammy's Shrimp Box” by Shinya Suzuki - CC BY-ND 2.0 - Flickr
22. “City Island Dinner” by WalkingGeek - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
23. “City Island Nautical Museum 2016” by Wusel007- CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
24. “20170721 Gotham Shield NYC Aerials-221 medium” by FEMA/Kenneth Wilsey - public domain - Wikipedia
25. “Phillip, Roosevelt Island, New York, 2008” by Phillip Capper - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
26. “Welfare Island Insane Asylum EAST SIDE HABS NY,31-WELFI,6-1” by Jack Boucher - public domain - Wikimedia Commons
27. “Ruins of 19th-Century Smallpox Hospital - Roosevelt Island - New York City - USA - 02” by Adam Jones - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
28. “Roosevelt Island, New York, NY, USA - panoramio - Sergei Gussev (1))” by Sergei Gussev- CC BY 3.0- Wikimedia Commons
29. “Roosevelt Island Bridge” by Shinya Suzuki- CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
30. “Penitentiary Hospital, B.I.” byNY Public Library - public domain
31. “Roosevelt Island platform 2” by Doug Letterman - CC BY 2.0- Wikimedia Common
32. “Roosevelt Island Scene - Manhattan - New York City - USA” by Adam Jones - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Flickr
33. “Urban Journey” by Worldwidewebb77 - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
34. “United Nations Headquarters in New York City, view from Roosevelt Island” by Neptuul - CC BY 3.0- Wikimedia Commons
35. “Roosevelt Island, New York, NY, USA - panoramio (12)” by ianpudsey - CC BY 3.0- Wikimedia Commons
36. “Blackwell Island Light (41757)” by Rhododendrites - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
37. “Blackwell Island Light (41727)” by Rhododendrites - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
38. “FDR Four Freedoms Park” by Kenlarry- CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
39. “FDR Four Freedoms Park 2” by Kenlarry- CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
40. “Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park” by Phil Rhoeder - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr
41. “Governors Island from One World Observatory 2017” by Antony-22 - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
42. “NYCS IRT LexAve GrandCentral 6train” by Floflo - CC BY-SA 2.5 - French Wikimedia
43. “Governors Island (72039)” by Rhododendrites - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Wikimedia Commons
44. “Castle Williams” by Ben Lossing - public domain - Wikipedia
45. “Governors Island” by Michael Vadon - CC BY 2.0 - Flickr

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LINKS TO CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES

[alanoken]

Thank you! I was born in NYC in 1944 and left for other parts of the world in 1974. Thank you for bringing me back to many youthful memories and bringing me up-to-date about these places. Very best wishes to you, young lady.

[maargenbx]

My dog and I live on E. 88th St. and we’re so glad to be in walking distance of Randall’s Island. We take walks along the river, cross the footbridge, then my dog goes for a swim then runs around in the woods. I’m so glad he can experience nature even though he’s a city dog.

[hhlomaxx]

One Island that is somewhere between popular and known just to New Yorkers is Broad Channel. Which is part of queens and sits in Jamaica bay. It is home to about three thousand People.

[daniesza]

Roosevelt Island is amazing. And Riker’s gives toilet paper to the visitors to wipe the tears of visitor’s sorrows. Says volumes of the energy there. Again, girl you rock your info, and this channel has got to take off.

[lovejones]

Another awesome video. Its crazy how places change within as little as a decade and a half. Roosevelt Island is pretty popular now. I remember when I went to high school and I told people I went to middle school on Roosevelt Island, they had no clue where it was. That was almost 20 years ago. Grandpa from "The Munsters" lived there. It was a small community where you knew almost everyone and now its overcrowded and expensive.

[dolsiemercado]

I love how you even let people know how to get to the islands.

[michaelp_]

No one Visits Rikers Island by choice 😂😂

[severedghost]

"We think of Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhatten, and of course Stat..." let me stop you right there chief.

[donaldsawyer]

Lady you are giving up all of our secrets. Let people think that New York City is only Manhattan and that The Bronx is like Vyse Ave in 1976. North Brother and South Brother. Shhh.😊😊😊

[KerenGrinberg]

Wow I've lived in Brooklyn my entire life and I've been missing on city island. Can't wait to go now after this quarantine 😍

[duffeemaddox]

Small Correction at 8:50; Save Ellis Island is the nonprofit organization that runs the tours of the abandon hospitals. Tickets can be purchased through Statue Cruise.

[hamiltonsny]

The easiest way to get to Rikers Island is to do business with Giuliani.

[friendoftellus]

Thank you very much for this very inspirational and informative video !

[jopiaspieder]

All of these islands are perfect for day trips

[TheDataMaestro]

What a great video! Lots of new info for a born New Yorker. I would put City Island as #1.

[daveray]

I was just thinking about when you were going to post another video!

[rodprops]

2 noteable facts about Randalls/Wards Island:

#1 - The FDNY has a training facility at the northeast part.
#2 - NYC has a cluster of homeless shelters at the southern part.

[vikingwoman]

I came across this channel as a recommendation. Fantastic video with a sprinkling of salty NYC humor. Keep it up.

[Tabby.cat]

ALL NYC, I find myself being as equally inquisitive about you as the presentations you post about 😂🤣😂🤣!!! How about a post about you?!?!?! I’d love to have some Starbucks with you when I come to NY🤗 (far stretch I know)!!!

[gabrielbeach]

I always wondered why it's called Coney Island. Great video... Thanks!!!