Roosevelt Island Is Part Of Manhattan Says The NY Times – Then It Must Be True

Image of Roosevelt Island’s Main Street from Bridge & Tunnel Club
A reader points out a letter from the NY Times Metropolitan Diary feature yesterday which repeats the false notion that Manhattan has no Main Street. Happily, the NY Times editor correctly points out that Manhattan does indeed have a Main Street and that it is on Roosevelt Island which is part of Manhattan. According to the NY Times:

… In fact, Roosevelt Island, which is part of the borough of Manhattan, has a Main Street….

Now, if only the cab drivers believed that Roosevelt Island is part of Manhattan it would be much easier getting them to take fares here.More on Roosevelt Island and other New York City Main Streets here. Roosevelt Island 360 also noticed the Metropolitan Diary letter.