February 16, 2010
Roosevelt Island Tram on track for March 1 suspension
Roosevelt Island Tram — famous for its “Spider-Man” movie cameo as well as stranding real-life riders over the East River in 2006 — is on schedule to shut down March 1 through Aug. 31 for a major modernization project.
This past weekend, the Roosevelt Islander blog reported the oft-delayed project is almost ready to begin. The tram is “on schedule for March 1 shutdown,” Roosevelt Island Operating Corporaton President Steve Shane states in a report to island residents reprinted on the blog.
Buses, subways and the Roosevelt Island Bridge will still offer access to the island, which is home to businesses, residences, an abandoned small pox hospital, a lighthouse that dates to 1872, and was the site of a jail that once housed Mae West as well as New York City Mayor William “Boss” Tweed.
The tram runs between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan adjacent to the 59th Street/Queensboro Bridge. The fare is the same as regular ride on an MTA bus or subway, currently $2.25. MetroCards are accepted.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
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February 16, 2010 2:35 PM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Midtown, Sightsology, Transportology, Upper East Side
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