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Randall's Island
Randall's Island is home to both the men's soccer team and softball teams. The Island, which is connected to Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx by the Triboro Bridge, has over 65 fields fit for soccer, softball, lacrosse and baseball for athletes of all ages.
A renovated golf center opened in 2008. The new 25-acre $500,000 renovation has a two-tier indoor/outdoor, 82-stall driving range, a 36-hole mini-golf course, grass tees, a short game area with sand bunker, PGA instructors, and nine batting cages. The John McEnroe Tennis Academy is also located on Randall's Island and features 20 courts, 10 har-tru and 10 rubberized hard (5 indoor), along with a cafe, pro shop, fitness facilities and locker rooms. Randalls Island Park has the most athletic fields of any New York City park.
Directions
GPS Address
20 Randall's Island Park
New York, NY 10035
Subway/Bus
The M35 bus runs to the Island from the NW corner of 125th Street and Lexington Ave and the bus will drop you off in front of Icahn Stadium. Transfer is available from the Lexington Avenue 4, 5 or 6 trains at 125th Street.
For updated MTA travel information, (718) 330-1234 or www.mta.info.
Metro North – Harlem – 125th Station is located on Park Avenue and the NW corner of 125th Street. Walk one block south on 125th Street to Lexington Avenue. Take the M35 bus which runs to the Island from the NW corner of 125th Street and Lexington Ave and the bus will drop you off in front of Icahn Stadium.
Pedestrian/Bicycle
Randall's Island Park offers approximately eight miles of pedestrian and bicycle pathways, accessible from points in Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens.
The 103rd Street Footbridge in Manhattan is open to pedestrians and cyclists 365 days per year, 24 hours per day and is accessible at the East River Esplanade at 103rd Street and FDR Drive. Take the 4/6 train to 103rd Street or the M15 bus to either 100th or 102nd Street. Walk east along 102nd Street to FDR Drive. Then, walk one block north directly onto the crossover leading into the Footbridge. Alternatively, take the M106 across town to FDR Drive and walk three blocks south. On Randall’s Island, the Footbridge is accessible at the southwest corner of the Island.
The Bronx Shore Footbridge at the Park’s northern end is slated to open in 2014 alongside the new South Bronx Connector to 132nd Street.
Pedestrian walkways on all three spans of the RFK Triborough Bridge connect the Park to Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens.
Manhattan: 125th Street and 2nd Avenue to just behind the Golf Center
Bronx: Cypress Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard to the Bronx Shore Fields
Queens: Hoyt Avenue and 28th Street, adjacent to the Astoria Boulevard N/W station, to mid-Island, adjacent to the Central Fields
Automobile
All automobile access is via the RFK Triborough Bridge. If navigating with GPS, please use “20 Randall’s Island Park, New York, NY 10035 as your destination.
Please note below, there is a new ramp to Randall’s Island off of the RFK Triborough Bridge from both the Bronx and Manhattan.
From Manhattan:
If paying with E-ZPass at toll: Stay left at toll plaza for the exit ramp to Randall’s Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
If paying cash at toll: Stay right for the exit to Randall’s Island, about a half-mile past toll plaza.
From Queens:
Stay right for the exit to Randall’s Island, immediately after the toll plaza.
From the Bronx:
Once on the Bridge continue toward Queens. After the Queens toll plaza, bear right for the Randall’s Island exit (about 200 yards).
