Landmarks
Roosevelt Island is home to six landmark structures, each of which has been deemed as architecturally, historically, and culturally significant by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Click below for a brief history of the six structures. Whether you live on the Island or are simply paying a visit, we encourage you to visit these beautiful buildings!
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Blackwell House
At the corner of East Road and Main Street is a charming wooden home called Blackwell House.
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Chapel of the Good Shepherd
The Chapel is characterized by a multicolor effect produced by mixed use of brick and stone and stained-glass windows.
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Smallpox Hospital
The Smallpox Hospital is the ivy-covered, medieval-type ruin that faces the FDR expressway, lit from below at night so as to look both regal and sinister.
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The Lighthouse
Above the waters of the East River at the northernmost stretch of Roosevelt Island, shines the fifty foot high Lighthouse.
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The Octagon
The Octagon is distinctive in both its exterior and its interior: the outside being an octagonal central tower leading into a dome and the inside a staircase winding concentrically toward the top.
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The Strecker Laboratory
Strecker Laboratory is situated to the east of Renwick Ruins amidst the greenery of Southpoint.