# Roosevelt Island Transport Hub | FT? **URL:** \ **Category:** Visions\ **Created:** [April 10, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515 "2017-04-10T17:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Dyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/kevin_dyer/32/15425_2.png) [@Kevin\_Dyer](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Kevin_Dyer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/1 "2017-04-10T17:54:29Z")
> **[Could a cantilevered transportation hub better connect Roosevelt Island to...](https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/10/15243928/roosevelt-island-transportation-hub-ferry-terminal)** > > A French architect has envisioned a new transit hub for the island. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/2 "2022-07-15T21:00:22Z")
What they really should do is, place a nice sized tower on top of the tramway hub (or behind it) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/a/2a5b87eb88b0891bf0ee562b3364dfa0e393f953.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/3 "2022-07-15T21:12:00Z")
NY should expand the tramway/Gondola system. Similar to this > [@NEW YORK | Aerial Gondola (Brooklyn to Manhattan)](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-aerial-gondola-brooklyn-to-manhattan/994): > > [Proposal for aerial gondola linking Brooklyn to Manhattan](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140916/REAL_ESTATE/140919910/proposal-for-aerial-gondola-linking-brooklyn-to-manhattan)[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL\_ESTATE/140919910/AR/0/EastRiverSkyway.jpg?q=100&cci\_ts=20140915220118](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL_ESTATE/140919910/AR/0/EastRiverSkyway.jpg?q=100&cci_ts=20140915220118)[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL\_ESTATE/140919910/H2/0/Gondola.jpg?q=100&cci\_ts=20140915220118](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL_ESTATE/140919910/H2/0/Gondola.jpg?q=100&cci_ts=20140915220118)[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL\_ESTATE/140919910/V3/0/Gondola2.jpg?q=100&cci\_ts=20140915220118](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CN/20140916/REAL_ESTATE/140919910/V3/0/Gondola2.jpg?q=100&cci_ts=20140915220118) The head of a New York Cit… ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/4 "2022-07-15T21:51:04Z")
Teitelbaum has in store a gondola system in his development proposal. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/5 "2022-07-15T21:55:11Z")
What proposal? Can you link? ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/6 "2022-07-15T21:57:22Z")
It’s from LIC to Roosevelt island. [Landowner wants 'green energy' plant built on NYC waterfront](https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/landowner-wants-green-energy-plant-built-on-nyc-waterfront/) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/7 "2022-07-15T22:00:50Z")
That proposal looks awesome, didn’t know that was even happening. That whole side of the river is turning into a new skyline. And yeah that Gondola would be great ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/8 "2022-07-15T22:03:32Z")
Yup. Beautiful proposal. Idk if there’s thread for it. It’s one of those “under the radar” developments ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/5/959838d93231fa9cc8b22bebdda1249215820a20.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/9 "2022-07-15T22:04:47Z")
Very under the radar. Btw do you know what the outlined towers are in that image? The ones to the left of that development ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/10 "2022-07-15T22:19:26Z")
These? Silvercup development that never came to fruition that you posted about today ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/0/f01ae1cfb0a756874cf2b737134baea7034c1a52.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/11 "2022-07-16T03:35:36Z")
Oh yes. The one that went from the awesome design to the boring regular towers to not happening anyway ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/12 "2025-04-07T13:06:53Z")
> **[Roosevelt Island tram operators accused of spending public money to quash...](https://gothamist.com/news/roosevelt-island-tram-operators-accused-of-spending-public-money-to-quash-negative-press)** > > Former executives of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation hired a firm to promote “puff pieces." ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/13 "2026-05-17T23:58:00Z")
Happy 50th birthday to gondola > ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/14 "2026-05-18T13:28:27Z")
Always a fun little trip. ---
**Author:** ![Dior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dior/32/164097_2.png) [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/15 "2026-05-18T17:00:48Z")
hate that it turned into a tourist attraction ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/16 "2026-05-19T13:10:13Z")
The whole city. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Blubbering\_Cactus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/blubbering_cactus/32/19342_2.png) [@Blubbering\_Cactus](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Blubbering_Cactus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/17 "2026-05-19T13:44:09Z")
It’s way less vital of a link since the subway opened ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/roosevelt-island-transport-hub-ft/3515/18 "2026-05-22T10:27:18Z")
> **[Push to repurpose 2 rotting Roosevelt Island Tramway cabins grows ahead of...](https://abc7ny.com/post/push-repurpose-2-rotting-original-roosevelt-island-tramway-cabins-grows-tram-celebrates-50th-anniversary/19147311/)** > > Two old Roosevelt Island Tramway cabins have been rotting away since 2010, and the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation is pushing to see them repurposed as the tramway celebrates its 50th anniversary.