Blackwells Island
About Blackwells Island
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, with an area of 147 acres (0.59 km2), and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States census. It consists of two largely residential communities: Northtown and Southtown. Roosevelt Island is owned by the city but was leased for 99 years to the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) in 1969.
On the show
Nelly Bly pretended to be insane and got herself committed to an asylum on Blackwells Island in New York. It was basically an exposé of how badly treated these sick people were.
from 352: No Such Thing As Loki-day, 2020-12-18 at 00:57:06 · read transcript
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Coordinates: 40.7614, -73.9508