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 ...

Looking down over the East River from the Roosevelt Island tramway ... from the 19th-century smallpox hospital, to Cornell Tech, to the Healing Forest’s next-door neighbor, Strecker Memorial ...

Is city life getting to be a bit too overwhelming for you? Ditch it for a weekend by visiting these stunning and peaceful ...

An ambitious joint venture proposal would replace the 101-year-old hotel with a 1.3 million-square-foot tower.

A paranormal investigator has reacted with sadness to the news that a former smallpox hospital and "paranormal hotspot" is being demolished. The site, which also served Don Styler's Physical ...

Roosevelt Island officials launched a smear campaign to blame tourists — and not mismanagement — for repeated problems with the island’s famed Tramway, a scathing state report reveals.

Around 85 protesters gathered at Rhode Island Hospital due to the presence of ICE officers with a detainee. The detainee's lawyer and Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar L. Perez confirmed the man ...

Leaders of the state body that controls Roosevelt Island, obsessed with negative news stories about themselves, improperly spent $169,000 in taxpayer money to hire a “reputation management ...