Roosevelt Island

You actually know your neighbors - tons of associations and interest groups. Lovely parks, recreation areas. Spectacular views

Roosevelt Island is one of the city's best kept secrets. Most New Yorkers never really remember it's there and the ones that do don't think twice about it.

Actually, Roosevelt Island is a great place to live if you want to be closer to the city but don't want to deal with living in the city. At the same time, you have to cross the East River to get into the city which makes it more of a small outer borough.

Still, the prices are very reasonable and the area is simply lovely. It's very quiet, good schools, nice apartments, and it is easy to commute into the city. There is no traffic like in Manhattan and it is never crowded.

At the same time, there is nothing to do there. There are few places to shop or get food and certainly nothing to do at night.

For visitors, both locals and tourists would have a great time on a short trip to the island. It is very easy to get to and has some beautiful parks, views, and architecture. It is a good place to get away from everything going on in the city. It is also one of the safest parts of New York and the area is almost exclusively middle class and there is only about 10,000 people living here.

If you want to visit a small island in the East River, Roosevelt Island is a good place to go. It's formerly known as Welfare Island. Later the name was changed to Blackwell's Island, until finally the island was officially named Roosevelt island.

Roosevelt Island is a narrow strip of land about two miles long and about 800 feet in width. The island stands on a total of 147 acres. The island lies between Manhattan and the borough of queens. If you were to sit the island next to Manhattan it would run from East 46th St to East 85th St.

The city of New York currently owns the island. But they leased it to the state of New York's Urban Development Corporation in 1969 for 99 years. If you go to Roosevelt Island, the most you would see are residential buildings, which are rentals.

The place has no stores. It is strictly a place for people to live. They take the tram to Manhattan. People can also take the IND 63rd Street Line to the island. Roosevelt Island does not have many cars. People get around by use of the Q102 bus.

Basically, Roosevelt Island has nothing much to offer except living conditions if this is what you want. The land itself is quite breath-taking, as many areas are kept clean.

Roosevelt Island is a quiet, safe, and beautiful residential neighborhood that offers great views, many spacious parks, historic landmarks, and limited traffic. The clean and secretive neighborhood is a 150-acre strip of land along the East River that is beginning to really get noticed.

In the past, Roosevelt Island was known as Welfare Island and spent much of its time as a place for prisons and insane asylums. Prisons are now a thing of the past, and Starbucks is a thing of the future.

The neighborhood is still growing and residents are feeling slightly congested and a bit over-crowded, but the neighborhood is still nothing like the rest of Manhattan. Here it is not uncommon to find a nine-building residential town with manicured lawns, sports fields, and some decent retail shopping. Pizza shops are moving in and real estate prices are ever-increasing. A three-bedroom is going for about $1.5 million and a one-bedroom is teetering around $600,000. Still affordable, yes, but not for long!