Editing Roosevelt Island (section)

=== Northtown ===
The first phase of Roosevelt Island's development was called Northtown, with about 2,140 apartments.<ref name="Bailey 1974" /><ref name="The Atlanta Constitution 1976">{{cite news |date=June 20, 1976 |title=New Town Rising On N.Y. Island |work=The Atlanta Constitution |page=4H |id={{ProQuest|1557748290}}}}</ref> Northtown consists of four housing complexes: Westview, Island House, Rivercross, and Eastwood.<ref name="Schuman 1976" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Tour North 5: UDC Housing |url=https://rihs.us/riwalk/Tour_North_5__UDC_Housing.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=Roosevelt Island Historical Society}}</ref>  The architectural firm of [[Josep Lluís Sert|Sert, Jackson & Associates]] designed the Island House and Rivercross buildings east of Main Street, while [[John M. Johansen|John Johansen]] and Ashok Bhavnani designed the Eastwood and Westfield buildings on the west side.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Stern|Mellins|Fishman|1995|p=651}}</ref><ref name="Goldberger 1976">{{cite web |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |title=New Urban Environment |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=May 18, 1976 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/18/archives/new-urban-environment-roosevelt-island-is-exhilarating-now-but.html |access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref> All four structures are U-shaped buildings, which measure up to 20 stories high and are faced in concrete or corrugated brick.<ref name="Goldberger 1976" /><ref name="Stern (1995) pp. 651–652" /> Three of the buildings were rental apartment complexes: Island House, Westview, and Eastwood (the latter of which had affordable housing). Rivercross was structured as a housing cooperative.<ref name="Oser 1976">{{cite web |last=Oser |first=Alan S. |title=About Real Estate |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=February 11, 1976 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/11/archives/about-real-estate-a-profile-of-first-roosevelt-island-settlers.html |access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Daily News 1977" /> All of these buildings, except Rivercross, were originally subsidized under the state's [[Mitchell–Lama Housing Program]].<ref name="Polner 2004" /> The first apartments included built-in heating and air-conditioning units,<ref>{{cite web |date=February 20, 1972 |title=Electric Heat Units Planned in Projects Being Built by City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/20/archives/electric-heat-units-planned-in-projects-being-built-by-city.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> while the buildings themselves included health clubs.<ref name="The Atlanta Constitution 1976" /> Westview and Eastwood also had skip-stop elevators that stopped at three-floor intervals; this allowed for more flexible apartment layouts on floors that were not served by elevators.<ref name="Stern (1995) pp. 651–652">{{harvnb|ps=.|Stern|Mellins|Fishman|1995|pp=651–652}}</ref><ref name="Goldberger 1976" />

Northtown II (also known as Manhattan Park<ref name="Sheftell 2008" />), located north of Northtown and on the west side of Main Street,<ref name="Peterson 1988" /> was developed by the [[Starrett Corporation]] and designed by the firm [[Gruzen Samton]].<ref name="Brooks 1987">{{cite web |last=Brooks |first=Andree |date=December 18, 1987 |title=About Real Estate; A Rental Complex for Roosevelt Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/18/business/about-real-estate-a-rental-complex-for-roosevelt-island.html |access-date=March 20, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Completed in 1989,<ref name="Goldberger 1990" /> it occupies {{convert|8.5|acre}} and consists of five buildings.<ref name="Sherman 1988" /> The complex comprises around 1,100 rental apartments,<ref name="Oser 1985" /> split into about 220 affordable apartments and about 880 market-rate apartments.<ref name="Brooks 1987" /> The affordable apartments are clustered within one building. In all five structures, the apartments range from one to three bedrooms.<ref name="Sherman 1988" /> There are also a garden, picnic space, community center, playgrounds, and daycare center.<ref name="Brooks 1987" /> Near the north end of the island is a 500-unit apartment building known as [[The Octagon (Roosevelt Island)|the Octagon]], which is centered around a remaining portion of the Lunatic Asylum.<ref name="Sheftell 2008" /><ref name="Hughes 2017" />

[[File:Roosevelt Island-Main Street.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Main Street on Roosevelt Island]]

In addition to the apartment buildings, the northern part of Roosevelt Island contains the Metropolitan Hospital's former church, which was built in the 1920s and became a wedding venue in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vadukul |first=Alex |date=May 20, 2023 |title=New York's Hottest Destination Wedding Is Roosevelt Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/style/the-sanctuary-roosevelt-island.html |access-date=March 20, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  A stone structure, Chapel of St. Dennis, was built near the Octagon around 1935–1940; little else is known about this chapel.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 14, 1996 |title=F.Y.I. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/nyregion/fyi-080500.html |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>