One of the executives who paid to plant stories blaming tourists for Roosevelt Island’s notoriously mismanaged Tramway insists he did it because scores of bad press made finding people willing to ...

Once the symbol of Big Apple luxury, the historic Roosevelt Hotel’s run as a troublesome migrant shelter is running short — ...

A “second round” of cherry blossoms bloomed on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, painting the promenade pink. Footage ...

Redevelopment potential The Roosevelt was far from the only New York hotel to take in migrants. At one point, about 19,000 ...

Read more here. Looking down over the East River from the Roosevelt Island tramway, I watch the New York City skyline shrink in the distance, its whooping sirens and rattling subway cars slowly ...

Finding an eligible bachelor in New York City is hard enough ... Astoria made her home on Roosevelt Island nearly a year ago. But she’s since flown the coop — and birders think she’s ...

While today's Roosevelt Island provides some tranquility amid the bustling city, it has a dark history. Blackwell's Island, ...

As we coasted down the 59th Street Bridge, my daughter let out a huge "wheee!" as we picked up speed, the East River hundreds ...

The Roosevelt Hotel, dubbed “the new Ellis Island” as it processed migrants arriving to New York City in recent years, has had ties to Pakistan’s government for more than four decades ...

By Zachary Small The Four Freedoms Park Conservancy announced on Thursday that it has commissioned the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei for a monumental installation on Roosevelt Island that will kick off ...

By Yan Zhuang On Roosevelt Island, she had her home ... into a carrier box before she propels herself into the air. The New York Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for ...