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Little Island at Pier 55 (stylized as Little Island @Pier55) is an artificial island and a public park within Hudson River Park, just off the western coast of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Heatherwick Studio , it is near the intersection of West Street and West 13th Street in the Meatpacking District and Chelsea neighborhoods of ...
Little Island at Pier 55, New York, artificial island and public park Isle of the Senecas , New York, also known as Little Island Little Island (Washington) , one of the San Juan Islands
In addition to the three principal islands of New York City—Manhattan Island, Staten Island and part of Long Island—each borough contains several smaller islands. New York City contains about 36 to 42 islands in total. [1]
Pier 57 is a long pier located in the Hudson River on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City.Opened in December 1954, it sits at the end of West 15th Street on Eleventh Avenue (West Side Highway), just south of the Chelsea Piers sports complex and just north of Little Island.
Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City. [1] [2] [3] Part of the borough of Manhattan, it is separated from Manhattan Island by the Harlem River, from Queens by the East River and Hell Gate, and from the Bronx by the Bronx Kill.
On June 8, 1881, North Brother Island was transferred to what was then part of New York County (later to become the Bronx). [10] On April 16, 1964, South Brother Island was also transferred to the Bronx. [11] The islands had been incorporated into Long Island City in 1870, [12] before the consolidation of New York City in 1898. [13]
Roosevelt Island is served by the New York City Department of Education. [425] When it was redeveloped as a residential community in the 1970s, the island was planned with up to 16 schools serving grades K-12, each accommodating 180 to 300 students. [426] Roosevelt Island's schools were spread across several apartment buildings.
U Thant Island (officially Belmont Island) is a small artificial island or islet in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan.The 100-by-200-foot (30 by 60 m) island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.