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Heading east brings us into the hood known as Roosevelt Island. It is located in the East River between Manhattan/Queens forming East/West Channels in its position. This hood is mostly residential. Orignally it was home to the aboriginal Indians who reffered to the name as Minnahononck Island. In 1637, the Dutch purchased it and called it Varcken's (Hog) Island. In 1666, John Manning, an English naval officer, became the new landholder and renamed it Manning Island after himself. In 1686, Robert Balckwell placed his farm and estate and renamed it Blackwell Island. Throughout the 1800's, as a location for hospitals, asylums, and correctional institutions. In 1921, the island was renamed Welfare Island after the number of gansters that were in the asylums. In 1955, the Roosevelt Island Br was built to give vehicular access to Queens. In 1973, the island was renamed for the last time as Roosevelt Island after FDR, which was suppossed to have a memorial after him but got scrapped. In 1976, the Roosevelt Island Tramway was built as a cable car to provide for service to Manhattan w/o the use of a car or bus as the subway came in 1989. While the island doesn't have that noteworthy architecture, one can still come here for views of midtown Manhattan as well as looking over to Queens. There are still laws against having pets and all day parking on the streets. You can get here by taking the subway to Roosevelt Island (F). Here is what you will find in Roosevelt Island.

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