Lighthouse Park, at the northern end of Roosevelt Island

As the days get shorter, and the weather gets cooler, lets take a warm day over to discover Manhattan's second island!

We can take the Roosevelt Island Tram over to the Island!

And did you know that when you're on Roosevelt Island you're still in Manhattan?

We can glide over the East River - and enjoy the ripples of our other river too!

While we stay in Manhattan, our subway fare can take us higher than we ever thought - to Roosevelt Island!

Once on the island, it can be quite like a park!

Although the island is quite residential, there's much greenspace.

Have a snack or lunch - with wine al fresco!

The new Campus of Cornell Tech has a great facility for refreshment.

This architecture is awe-inspiring!

Become acquainted with the advanced ideas and programs of Cornell Tech

You can visit the Four Freedoms Park and enjoy a beautiful memorial to FDR - after whom the island is named

The Four Freedoms Conservancy maintains this wonderful park and its Little Leaf Linden Trees

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a New Yorker too - and a governor of New York before becoming President

Here is a place for reflection and repose

At the end of the memorial, and the southern end of the island, is a view of the United Nations - appropriately.

Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt was the first representative of the United States to the U.N.?

Edward Hopper's magnificent painting of the island doesn't reflect it now!

Let's explore our neighbor and get to know its history!

But Cornell Tech is not the first effort at scientific and social service on this island!

Learn how this island began to be of service to the city - and how it came to be as it now is.

Discover Roosevelt Island - without leaving Manhattan! 

The Five Boroughs of New York are the five counties of this city, and they include at least 18 islands, both large and small, and parts of other islands as well.  But did you know that Roosevelt Island is part of Manhattan, or New York County?  Or that this island was once privately owned - but when the city purchased it that it was the home of the New York Lunatic Asylum?  But you won't be crazy to go there today!  Check availability with The Street Teacher, and take a tour there - and you'll be amazed!  As has been said by someone at some time, there may be more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of by our everyday New Yorker!

EXPLORE CENTRAL PARK AND THE UPPER EAST SIDE!

Explore the natural world in this unique park - perhaps the largest work of art in the city, for it indeed is all man made!  It's nature, but not naturally a park.  Learn how it came to be what it is today. 

Of course, there is nature, but it is also natural of man to manipulate nature, to dream of castles in the sky, and make mansions for himself.  This is all in one tour, and with these sights is history too! Click on the Button below and then on the Central Park & Upper East Side button to join in on this tour!

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New York has many, many attractions - but there are some wonderful curiosities like this just a few miles up the Hudson River: Bear Mountain, Boscobel, Beacon, Kingston and more!  


So, why not check out The Street Teacher's tours  and discover more that's fascinating and awe inspiring!  New York is the Gateway to Wonders! 

New York City and State are now under social distancing guidelines, I am happy to report that our Governor, Andrew Cuomo, seems to be happy to perceive that we're "flattening the curve."  So, although we cannot see clearly enough beyond the immediate days and months, I do envision we will be back on action on the streets of New York!

What would you like to see?


For your next custom adventure, Email [email protected]

Or call or text: 917-921-9273

You may also want to enjoy a Park Picnic & Brunch Bakeries Tour in the West Villager - click HERE!  

Or check out and Book Now one of our already scheduled tours!

For other tours, particularly for those who want to Tour Your Own City, also given by GANYC* guides, click HERE! 

* The Guides Association of New York City 

But don't miss the smaller denizens of Central Park - they will persist!

I will be announcing more special walks soon!  Stay in touch - I always like to hear from you! 

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COME TO EXPLORE CENTRAL PARK THIS SPRING! - Discover the peace in nature - in the middle of America's largest city - and marvel!

Tour Central Park with The Street Teacher and discover New York's largest work of art!

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EXPLORE THE CITY'S VITAL NEIGHBORHOODS - Visit hidden parks and learn what makes this city great!

Hell's Kitchen, Greenwich Village, the Upper East Side, the Lower East Side and Chinatown, Chelsea, and the Meatpacking District are just a few of New York's great neighborhoods.

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The Street Teacher offers many other tours - and not all necessarily by foot. He and his associates also can hire a car and driver for a far ranging private tour, or step onto your coach and give an exciting tour of the city for your group - large or small. 

Please inquire about availability and rates! You can call him too: 917-921-9273

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