The purpose of Roosevelt Island has changed as drastically as the surrounding ... And of course, there was the New York City Insane Asylum where the journalist Bly exposed foul treatment of the Big ...

An island long known for its hospitals, prison and Lunatic Asylum is getting its first hotel. Located in the middle of New York City’s East River, between Queens and Manhattan, Roosevelt ...

When she went undercover in a New York City insane asylum in 1887 ... s covert operation exposing abuses at the asylum at Blackwell’s Island, now Roosevelt Island, pioneered a path for women ...

“The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island [now Roosevelt Island] is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there, it is impossible to get out,” Bly wrote of her experience inside ...

“The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human ... A view of the Smallpox Hospital inside Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. Remnants from the gothic structure of the Renwick ...

4. The Ruins of a Smallpox Hospital Remains on Roosevelt Island If the lunatic asylum and prison weren’t enough, another former, creepy institution on Roosevelt Island can be added to the list ...

NEW YORK -- Asylum seekers camped outside the Roosevelt Hotel for a second straight night Saturday as the Manhattan relief center is at capacity. Overnight, buses pulled up to the hotel and some ...

NEW YORK --- The Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan opened ... including Rikers Island, for housing asylum seekers, as more arrive. Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative ...

Asylum-seeking migrants from Latin America ... more than 100 adult migrants were waiting Wednesday afternoon outside the Roosevelt Hotel, which reopened in the spring as a city-run mass intake ...

Not just insane asylums ... journalism who went undercover to expose mistreatment at an asylum on the island. Therefore, a trip to Roosevelt Island will bring you history, nature and a high ...

RECOMMENDED: Bryant Park is named the best Christmas market in the world If you don’t know, Roosevelt ... s Island and served as home to hospitals, an almshouse and an insane asylum during ...