Roosevelt Island

noun

1. an island in the East River, New York City: residential community. 1½ miles (2½ km) long. Formerly Wel·fare Island,.
2. an island in Antarctica, in the western part of the Ross Ice Shelf: discovered 1934. About 90 miles (145 km) long.

Example Sentences

On Roosevelt Island is a famed cat sanctuary, erected by cat lovers many years ago.

From Washington Post

The tenants only briefly complained about this and then shut up because this is New York and — I want to emphasize this — they scored a place on Roosevelt Island!

From Washington Post

If you are in Manhattan and want to get to Roosevelt Island, you have to go miles out of your way to Queens first, then approach the island from a different bridge.

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