RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Island insights that go beyond the tram.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Welfare Island

So, what about the elevator to Roosevelt Island in the Naked City?

“There are eight million stories in the Naked City,” the announcer always said at the end of each episode, but was Roosevelt Island exposed? Well, no, but sorta, yes, and a 1963 view of then-Welfare Island has great local views…