Travel experts at Lonely Planet say Roosevelt Island was once home to prisons, asylums and a smallpox hospital. For nearly 150 years, it was used to isolate the city’s sick and vulnerable.

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The program offered students a strong education, complete with hands-on hospital ... soldiers on the island of Port Royal off the coast of South Carolina. Using traditional remedies, Tubman cured many ...

OMNY arrives just as major subway service changes are set to affect residents of Roosevelt island. Starting Monday, August 28, the F train will run between Manhattan and Queens via the E line ...

A teen was reported missing Friday in the East River off Roosevelt Island in New York City, police sources told CBS News New York. The NYPD searched the river for several hours, but police later ...

Police responded to a 911 call on Roosevelt Island shortly after noon on reports of a missing teen — and found the missing girl’s distraught pal next to the water, according to authorities and ...

The clip-clop of horse hooves, the bang of a cannon and the music melodies of the 1800s were heard at Theodore Roosevelt ...

An NYPD dive team is back in the East River near Roosevelt Island on Saturday searching for a 15-year-old girl who reportedly went missing in the water the day before, police said. Divers from the ...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police are searching for a 15-year-old girl in the waters near Roosevelt Island on Friday, authorities said. The teen is wearing a floral bathing suit and was reported ...