Blackwell's Island

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former place name island

Blackwell's Island, now known as Roosevelt Island, is a narrow island in New York City's East River historically associated with hospitals, asylums, and prisons.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Blackwell's Island canonical 3
Blackwell Island 2
Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name ⓘ
island ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formerNameOf Roosevelt Island ⓘ
formerOfficialNameUntil Roosevelt Island name adoption in 20th century ⓘ
geographicFeature narrow island ⓘ
governedBy New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
hasLandmark Blackwell House ⓘ
Blackwell Island Light ⓘ
Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
historicalInstitution Blackwell's Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary

Charity Hospital ⓘ
New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ
Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
surface form: Smallpox Hospital
historicalUse site of asylums ⓘ
site of hospitals ⓘ
site of prisons ⓘ
locatedIn East River ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

borough of Manhattan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Blackwell family ⓘ
nowKnownAs Roosevelt Island ⓘ
partOf New York County ⓘ
riverIslandOf East River ⓘ
separates Long Island City ⓘ
surface form: Long Island City in Queens

Upper East Side ⓘ
surface form: Upper East Side of Manhattan
waterway East River ⓘ
surface form: East Channel of East River

East River ⓘ
surface form: West Channel of East River

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roosevelt Island → formerName → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
Blackwell's Island → historicalInstitution → Blackwell's Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Ten Days in a Mad-House → setting → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane → traveledTo → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum
New York City Lunatic Asylum → historicNameOf → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: asylum on Blackwell’s Island
New York City Lunatic Asylum → locatedIn → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell’s Island
New York City Lunatic Asylum → hasAlternativeName → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum
Snake Plissken → associatedWith → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manhattan Island maximum-security prison
Charity Hospital → location → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hospital (Blackwell's Island)
Charity Hospital → locatedOnIsland → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hospital (Blackwell's Island)
Blackwell Island Light → namedAfter → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell Island
Blackwell Island Light → originalIslandName → Blackwell's Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackwell Island