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Roosevelt Island is a small residential island in the middle of the East River in between Manhattan and Queens. It is about two miles long, 800 feet wide and holds roughly 12,000 people.

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The Tram is an aerial cable car that travels over the East River and next to the Queensboro Bridge shuttling passengers from Roosevelt Island to Manhattan's East Side and back.

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My family lovingly still calls the 36th Avenue Bridge The Purple Bridge,

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Walking between the buildings of Roosevelt Island and the water can be a very tranquil experience.

Picnics at Lighthouse Park on the Northern tip of the Island always has great wind and is perfect for kite flying.

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Growing up on Roosevelt Island, going to school involved leaving the big building in back (Eastwood) and walking a few steps to th small building in front (PS 217)

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Roosevelt Island's East side, pictured here, faces Astoria and Long Island City in Queens

Cherry blossoms line the island every year in the late spring and are a must-see.

Fall leaves blowing on the West side of the island on a sunny October day in 2010.

Big Alice, a Con Edison power plant, faces the East side of Roosevelt Island

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A rainy night by the Roosevelt Island entrance to the 36th Avenue Bridge

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The West side of Roosevelt Island is filled with residential buildings including Rivercross, where my family has lived since 1992 and where I still call home.

Sun falls on the path behind Westview on an October afternoon in 2010.

Sitting by the river on Roosevelt Island's West side is one of my favorite ways to pass the time. I love staring off at the New York City skyline and watching the FDR Drive crawl by.

January - March is prime time for amazing sunsets behind the Queensboro Bridge from the West side of Roosevelt Island.

Living on the East River there are no shortage of boats to watch. This one, however, caught my eye as it sprayed out red, white and blue streams of water into the river for no reason other than to promote patriotism.

Passing ships are forced to travel down the East side of Roosevelt Island and under the 36th Avenue Bridge due to the West channel's proximity to the United Nations building.

Roosevelt Island's Tram opened in May, 1976, and was supposed to be a temporary solution until a subway stop could be built there. It would be another 12 years before the first train doors opened under the Island.

Roosevelt Island's Tram is a favorite stop for thousands of tourists each year, with spectacular views of the New York City skyline from start to finish.

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The lighthouse at the Northern tip of the Island is a great picnic location.

Roosevelt Island's iconic lighthouse was built by island convicts in 1872 and designed by James Renwick Jr, who also designed St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Taken down for replacement in 2010, the original tram cars now lay gathering dust in storage underneath Roosevelt Island's parking lot.

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Sunset over Manhattan as seen from the West side of Roosevelt Island in February, 2007.

Vehicals can only enter Roosevelt Island from the 36th Avenue Bridge in Queens.

Art is an essential part of life on Roosevelt Island and in 2007 the entire southern tip was turned into an exhibit called the Encampment.

Confusion filled the streets the night the Tram was stuck over the East River for 13 hours.

Blanketed with fluffy white snow and an sense of stillness and silence, Roosevelt Island is a magical place to be during a snowstorm.

On Feb 28, 2008, a Q32 MTA bus crashed into the posts separating the sidewalk in front of the video store from the street. Nobody was hurt, but the post had to be knocked down and rebuilt.

Blackwell House, the original home of the Blackwell Family who once owned Roosevelt Island, still stands and is a historical landmark.

Blackwell House on Roosevelt Island Day proudly displaying the only zip code on what residents lovingly call,

Fall foliage rests on the Meditation Steps on Roosevelt Island.

When the cherry blossom petals begin to fall, the path that circles the Island is painted pink.

The Renwick Ruins on the Southern tip of Roosevelt Island were used as a smallpox hospital, city hospital and a nursing school residence.

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Often snarling traffic on and off Roosevelt Island, the 36th Avenue Bridge - the only way for cars to get on and off - is also a drawbridge.

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Eastwood's unique architecture is different from that of all of the other buildings on the Island.

Cherry blossom season is a beautiful time on Roosevelt Island.

The Renwick Ruins, featured during the final fight sequence between Spiderman and the Green Goblin in the first movie, stands in the shadows of tall buildings of Manhattan.

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The Renwick Hospital was designed by James Renwick Jr, who also designed St. Patrick's Cathedral.

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