My Visit to Roosevelt Island 4/27

It started out as a drizzly, cold day.  It got better and  a little warmer and the rain did eventually stop.  I got off of the F Train in R.I. and thankfully the escalators were working.  I could not believe how far down the train was! 2 loooong escalators, and one regular sized one later, I was above ground, and headed north.  The island is about 2 miles long, and I did not walk the whole thing.  I went as far north as The Octagon Apartments, which used to be the New York City Lunatic Asylum.  In visiting their website, they gloss over that little detail.  Then I walked south on the western side of the island, on the Manhattan side and got a few good pictures.

This is but a small percentage of the pictures I took, the rest are on the Facebook page, just click on the apple.  I stopped about 1/2 way and sat down and had my lunch.  I packed a sandwich, and I soon had 3 pigeons who were my BFF's, wanting some bread.  After 10 minutes, I started walking again, taking pictures along the way.  I ended up walking all the way down to Coler Goldwater Hospital, and was going to check out Renwick Ruins, but it looked like there was construction going on, and I did not want to get thrown out.  So I sat and got a few pictures of the Chrysler Building, my absolute favorite building in NYC. Notice the sun is now out...

I headed back to the subway station with a promise of coming back later when I know the southern area is OK to walk around.  I wouldn't mind living here, it definitely has a small town feel, and it's 1 or 2 stops from midtown Manhattan.