City Island

… Wards Island Randalls Island was for many years home to New Yorkers with nowhere else to go Atlas Obscura … its ends the Four Freedoms Park to the south and the Light House Park to the north There are grills available to the … down City Island Avenue to survey the restaurants yacht clubs and shops Or get out onto the water yourself by …

… as quaint City Islanda small community in the northeastern corner of the Bronxis just oneandahalf miles long by … are fewer than 4500 residents on the island so its a small village and in many ways New York City in name only Read on … are a lot of stately old Victorians and more modest beach bungalows on City Island In terms of condition its all over …