Randall's Island

Park · Manhattan

Randall's Island Park covers Randall's and Wards Islands, joined by landfill where the Harlem and East Rivers meet, between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens.

  • 0.84 square miles
  • 90 street corners
  • 1 bus route

Randall's Island is named for Jonathan Randel, who bought it in 1784, and Wards Island for the brothers Jaspar and Bartholomew Ward, who took it over after 1783; the state transferred the islands to the Parks Department in 1933, and the Triborough Bridge and a stadium opened there on July 11, 1936. Run in partnership with the nonprofit Randall's Island Park Alliance, the park is known for more than 60 baseball and softball fields, waterfront paths and a restored salt marsh.

Sources: History of the Island (Randall's Island Park Alliance); About Us (Randall's Island Park Alliance); Wards Island Park (NYC Parks).

Map

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Randall's Island borders one area, and Triborough Bridge holds more of its corners than any other street, 12 of 90.

Street map of Randall's Island, Manhattan, outlined among East Harlem (North), with its paths and the streets around it.East Harlem (North)
  • Randall's Island
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

One bus route stops in or at the edge of Randall's Island.

  • 1 local bus route

Local bus route

  • M35

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Manhattan corner.

  • 1 police-reported crash at its corners
  • 0.0 a corner, on average
  • 13.4 the average Manhattan corner
  • 89 corners with a clean record

Camera tickets

In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.

Parks

Parkland
310.3 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Randall's Island Park (203.8 acres) and Wards Island Park (106.5 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
4,334 in NYC Parks' records, most often apple, mulberry and swamp white oak
Street with the most corners
Triborough Bridge, with 12 of the area's 90
Height above sea level
From 8 feet at 6th Drive & 8th Drive to 35 feet at Hell Gate Circle & Rivers Edge Road

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, four bike-share stations stand in Randall's Island. The City's public art inventory lists one work in the area: Discus Thrower (1926).

  • 4 bike-share stations
  • 1 work of public art

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.