No man is an island, but a buyer of this glam penthouse on Roosevelt Island could sure be the king of it. This $2.4 million property, which listed late last week, is the most expensive home now for ...

Looking down over the East River from the Roosevelt Island tramway, I watch the New York City skyline shrink in the distance, its whooping sirens and rattling subway cars slowly fading away. The ...

For almost 150 years, Roosevelt Island was a place where New York quarantined its sick, its mentally ill, its criminalized. Which is why it was an unexpected sight, in the 1970s, to watch shiny, ...

ROOSEVELT ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- Thousands of people who live on Roosevelt Island are finally getting their main means of transportation back after enduring seven months of repairs to subway ...

Finding an eligible bachelor in New York City is hard enough. In Manhattan? Good luck. As a wild turkey? Fuggetaboutit. That might be what Astoria the wild turkey is going after. Astoria made her home ...

The Roosevelt Island Tram began running on a new, more frequent schedule Saturday. The iconic red cable cars serve as a key transit connection between mainland Manhattan and Roosevelt Island, home to ...