Halloween Parade & Extravaganza Oct. 27

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation is proud to host Roosevelt Island’s Annual Halloween Parade & Extravaganza on Saturday, October 27, from noon - 3 p.m. Every year, this FREE event brings our community together in a celebration of the costume...

Island-wide sweep nets tens of broken, rusted bikes

RIOC has started removing all unusable bikes chained to public property (racks, street signs etc.) by 591 Main Street, Firefighter’s Field, the Helix Ramp area and the Roosevelt Island MTA subway station. They are being stored at the RIOC Wareho...

Replacement trees coming soon to the lawn near Rivercross

ROOSEVELT ISLAND – (September 28, 2018) - American sweetgums are among the favorites to replace two dying Norway Maple trees that were removed Thursday from the lawn south of the Rivercross co-op at 531 Main Street.

The low-maintenance, deciduous...

RIOC Reminds Public To Use Community Request Trackers

Jump around (again) at Blackwell Park and Grandpa Al Lewis

The new poured-rubber ground surface work at the Blackwell Park and Grandpa Al Lewis playgrounds is complete – more than two weeks ahead of schedule – and the play areas are re-opened for fun, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation...

SAVE THE DATE: RI Veterans Day Celebration

More details about the program will be coming shortly. Please contact us - call 212.832.4540 or email alonza.robertson@rioc.ny.gov if you are, or know of, a U.S. military veteran, a spouse or widow living on Roosevelt Island.

Back to Full Capacity: Tram Gearbox Rebuilt

Tram Gearbox Rebuild Complete

Both Roosevelt Island Trams are operating at full capacity after a recent period of the North Tram cabin running on a reduced or 50 percent passenger weight-load capacity, RIOC said Monday.

On August 31, the North Tram gearbox ...

Community Update Re: RI Drinking Fountains

Community Update about Roosevelt Island Drinking Fountains

It appears that certain members of the Roosevelt Island community are misinterpreting data from our two recent laboratory tests of water samples from Island drinking fountains and are causing undue...

Revamped RI Youth Center Expands Free Programming

Soccer is coming! Soccer is coming!

One of Roosevelt Island’s most anticipated sports programs – the RI Youth Center Fall Soccer League – is coming back in 2018, but this year in a new location.

With the Octagon soccer field of...

Street Lights Update

RIOC’s Public Safety Department recently surveyed all Roosevelt Island street lights and found two lights out at Southpoint Park (near the Four Freedoms State Park eastside entrance). All other streetlights including on all those along the Wests...

New bike policy steers rusted bicycles off Roosevelt Island

A new policy to rid Roosevelt Island of old, rusty bicycles chained to streetlights, street signs and public bikes racks is set to be unveiled this month, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) said Friday.

The Unusable Bike Policy will apply to...