While today's Roosevelt Island provides some tranquility amid the bustling city, it has a dark history. Blackwell's Island, as it was known in the 1800s and early 1900s, was used to incarcerate ...

“Peace” officers on Roosevelt Island savagely beat a 20-year-old resident to within an inch of his life simply for standing in front of a building, his family says. Anthony Jones suffered ...

Danger? A date? The birders who look after her just want her to go home. By Yan Zhuang On Roosevelt Island, she had her home, her friends and the security of a small community where everyone knew her.