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Natural Areas

Springtime blooms on Randall's Island

The Circle Line makes its way up the East River and past Randall's Island

Flowers bloom along the East River pathway

A butterfly makes his home on Randall's Island

One of the many pathways at Randall's Island is constructed

Gardens

Randall’s Island offers a variety of planted and themed gardens as well as landscaped areas.
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Pathways

Bicycle and pedestrian pathways run along the Islandʼs entire waterfront. These meandering routes – free from cars, trucks and buses – are perfect for strollers, runners, cyclists and anyone traveling to and from the Parkʼs new ﬁelds and facilities.
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Wetlands

RISF has restored 9 acres of salt marsh and freshwater wetlands. These sites now serve as a habitat for ﬁsh, birds and other wildlife, and welcome schoolchildren, environmental groups and visitors from around the world.
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Waterfront

Randall’s Island lies within the East River and is conviently located to Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens as well as other areas in the tri-state area.
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Icahn Stadium

Request for Proposals: Food & Beverage Concession on Randall’s Island

We are very excited to announce the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Food & Beverage Concession at Randall’s Island Park in New York City.
The RFP seeks “proposals for the operation and maintenance of one (1) interior food concession at Icahn Stadium, the construction, operation and maintenance of a minimum of two [...]

Job Opportunities at RISF

RISF is now hiring for the position of Clerical Associate.
For more information on these positions and on how to apply please click here.

John McEnroe’s Next Frontier: Home

July 20, 2010
The New Tennis Academy in His Name Is Designed to Put New York’s Junior Players Back Among the Nation’s Elite
By ADITI KINKHABWALA for Wall Street Journal
John McEnroe still fidgets.
He crosses and uncrosses his arms, he runs his fingers through that famously curly hair, he shifts in his chair. A guitar rests on a stand [...]

Darrl Stawberry, Ray Negron Give Tribute to The Boss as Hank’s Yanks Play on Randall’s Island

BY Christian Red
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 4:00 AM

A week after his death and three days after he was laid to rest in a Trinity, Fla., cemetery north of Tampa, George Steinbrenner’s aura still looms large over the Yankees and every extension of the franchise.
“It’s been a very difficult week because of my relationship [...]

NY Daily News: Yankees’ Mariano Rivera, John McEnroe open new fields at Randalls Island after 3-year controversy

BY Michael Wursthorn DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, May 27th 2010, 11:24 PM
They have built them, and now everyone can come.
Public schoolchildren were on hand from PS 182 in the Bronx and Manhattan Center HS as city officials unveiled 62 new or renovated athletic fields on Randalls Island last week.
The $130 million project doubled the island’s [...]

NY Daily News Editorial on Randall’s Island

Fields of dreams: Randalls Island has become a top city sports destination
Sunday, May 23rd 2010, 4:00 AM

There’s some brightness in this era of dismal developments: New York City has a great new athletic and recreational resource on Randalls Island.
Ballplayers of all ages and every kind of ball are flocking to 62 new or renovated fields [...]

Sportime Announces Opening of New John McEnroe Academy

The John McEnroe Tennis Academy to Open in September at the new $18 Million SPORTIME at Randall’s Island Tennis Center
NEW YORK (May 19, 2010) – Hall of Famer, native New Yorker and former world number one John McEnroe today announced that he will open and direct the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, with its inaugural, full-year [...]

RISF Announces Completion of over 60 Sports Fields

New York Yankees star players Mariano Rivera and Robinson Cano, New York Red Bulls soccer players, and tennis legend John McEnroe to attend ribbon-cutting event
NEW YORK, New York (May 19, 2010) – Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (RISF) announces the completion of a 3-year-long, more than $130 million project, bringing over 60 state-of-the-art athletic fields to [...]

Randall’s Island “Learning Garden” cited by Mayor Bloomberg

MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND TV PERSONALITY RACHAEL RAY ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING
Gardening, Cooking and Nutrition Instruction to Show City Youth How Food is Grown and How to Bring that Food from Garden to Table
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Rachael Ray today announced a series of initiatives to help our City’s youth eat healthier [...]

Korean Produce Association Festival

Randall’s Island Park is proud to host the Korean Produce Association’s annual festival. The event will take place October 9 & 10, 2010. For more informatin please visit www.kpany.org.

10/09/10 – 10/10/10

Run the River 5K

Giving NYC Children a Place to Play One Step at a Time

Champions For Children 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Espace, New York City

11/17/10

Korean Produce Association Festival

Randall’s Island Park is proud to host the Korean Produce Association’s annual festival. The event will take place October 9 & 10, 2010. For more informatin please visit www.kpany.org.

10/09/10 – 10/10/10

Run the River 5K

Giving NYC Children a Place to Play One Step at a Time

10/23/10

Champions For Children 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Espace, New York City

11/17/10

Request for Proposals: Food & Beverage Concession on Randall’s Island

Museum Acquires Storied Trove of Performances by Jazz Greats

By: Larry Rohter
August 16, 2010

For decades jazz cognoscenti have talked reverently of “the Savory Collection.” Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William Savory, it was known to include extended live performances by some of the most honored names in jazz — but only a handful of people had [...]

Randall’s Island Hosts Youth Track, Field Championships

8/11/2010
By: Roger Clark
The City Parks Foundation hosted the 9th annual Track and Field championships at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island today.
Following an Olympics-style parade, thousands of kids participated in the 172 events, which included javelin, triple-jump and hurdles.
The competition is a culmination of a summer program at 12 city parks around the five boroughs for [...]

Darrl Stawberry, Ray Negron Give Tribute to The Boss as Hank’s Yanks Play on Randall’s Island

BY Christian Red
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 4:00 AM

John McEnroe’s Next Frontier: Home

Randall’s Island Sports Foundation awarded Challenge Grant by USA Track & Field.

Challenge Grants awarded to three groups
07-07-2010

INDIANAPOLIS -The USA Track & Field Board of Directors announced three inaugural recipients of USATF’s 2010 Excellence Challenge Grants, with groups receiving as much as $50,000 for developmental programs. These grants, established at the 2009 USATF Annual Meeting, support the advancement of performance excellence in five specific areas: Race Walking, [...]

Job Opportunities at RISF

RISF is now hiring for the position of Clerical Associate.
For more information on these positions and on how to apply please click here.

The Architects Newspaper: Randall’s Island Reborn

Regional park revived with major new amenities, its largest public space investment since Robert Moses

By Rebecka Gordan, June 14, 2010
Randall’s Island has long been a daunting landscape of deteriorating ball fields and overgrown parkland. But on May 19, the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (RISF) announced the completion of more than 60 new athletic fields, one [...]

NY Times: On Randalls Island, Private Schools Play Free

By JENNY ANDERSON
Published: June 13, 2010
On a blazing May afternoon, a group of lanky seventh- and eighth-grade softball players from the Dalton School were locked in a fierce battle against a rival private school, St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s. The championship game was being played on Randalls Island, on an immaculately manicured field that sparkled [...]

Track Battles Abound In The Big Apple

by Mario Fraioli * June 10, 2010 *
There’s plenty of races worth watching at the adidas Grand Prix meet in New York this weekend. Written by: Mario Fraioli While the much-anticipated 100-meter sprint showdown of Bolt vs. Gay will have to wait another few weeks, there are plenty of distance races on the undercard worth [...]