Rikers Island
13 Secrets of NYC’s Roosevelt Island
Untapped New York has written a lot of articles on New York City’s islands, both abandoned and in use.
Three Unique Art Installations Open At The Arts Center At Governors Island
From now until October 31st, The Arts Center at Governors Island, in collaboration with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)
10 Things to Do this Week in NYC: October 19th – October 25th
As the cool autumn weather finally sets in, you can start getting in the Halloween spirit with a moonlit cemetery
Join the Conversation on the Future of a Post-Rikers NYC
Untapped Cities Insiders is excited to announce a new partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society. This partnership will grant Insiders
NYC Filming Locations for New Amsterdam, New Medical Drama on NBC
New Amsterdam, in a nomenclature nod to the first settlement in New York City, is the name of a new
There’s a Floating Prison Barge in NYC off the Bronx
Little known even to New Yorkers, a floating prison barge sits off the shore of Hunts Point in the Bronx.
Kew Gardens Jail Complex in Queens May Serve as an Alternative to NYC’s Rikers Island
A group of Queens City Council members have urged Mayor Bill de Blasio “to locate a new community-based jail”
Visionary Proposal to Return Rikers Island to its Original, Natural State
The recent announcement of the closing of the Rikers Island jail has already raised questions about the future potential of
Mozart in the Jungle Films Episode inside Rikers Island for Detainees
The third season of Mozart in the Jungle, an Amazon series created by Roman Coppola about the fictional New York
The Top 10 Secrets of Rikers Island, NYC’s Main Jail Complex
Aerial view of Rikers Island. Image via Wikimedia Commons byy the U.S. Geological Survey Rikers Island, New York City’
NYC’s The New School Presents: States of Incarceration
The Sheila C. Johnson Center at Parson’s New School For Design in Manhattan recently opened an exhibit on the
#SeeRikers Guerrilla Campaign Adds Rikers Island Stickers to MTA Maps in NYC
Al images courtesy #SeeRikers team In 2013, after we spent some time working with the juvenile population inside Rikers Island