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Randall's Island

Randall's Island is the joined Randall's and Wards islands in the East River, part of Manhattan, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River, from the Bronx by the Bronx Kill and from Queens by Hell Gate. It is mostly parkland: Randall's Island Park and Wards Island Park together cover about 425 acres of ball fields, tracks, a golf center and waterfront paths. The park opened in 1936 together with the Triborough Bridge, now the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, which still crosses the island. There is no regular private housing. Institutional uses include the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, homeless shelters, a fire training academy and a wastewater treatment plant. There are no subway stations on the island.

Randall's Island has 2 open HPD housing violations. Inspectors issued 0 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 33rd most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
2
0 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
0
0 Class C · 33rd in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C0 · 0%Class B0 · 0%Class A2 · 100%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous0
  • Class B · hazardous0
  • Class A · non-hazardous0

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

Good to know

  • Randall's Island Park covers 254 acres; Wards Island Park 171 acres
  • Park opened in 1936 with the Triborough (RFK) Bridge
  • Icahn Stadium, a track-and-field venue, opened in 2005
  • The former Little Hell Gate channel was filled in, joining the two islands

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Boundaries checked by testing MTA station coordinates and landmark points against the 2020 NTA polygon (NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd). No subway station falls in or near the polygon. Acreage from the NYC Parks Properties dataset (Randall's Island Park 254.3, Wards Island Park 170.7, total about 425). Park creation and RFK/Triborough opening (July 1936), Icahn Stadium (2005), Little Hell Gate fill, waterways, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Wards Island shelter, FDNY training academy (1975) and the Wards Island sewage plant from Wikipedia. No housing statistics included.

Sources

  1. Randall's Island Park (NYC Parks) · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Randalls and Wards Islands (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Parks Properties (dataset) · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. MTA Subway Stations (dataset) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via data.ny.gov (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.