Talk:Wards Island

Spelling of Ward's Island

The correct modern orthography is "Wards Island" without an apostrophe. This change should be made throughout Wikipedia.

I agree. When the New York City Parks Department refers to the two parks on the island, the are referred to as "Wards Island" and "Randall's Island". This may have something to do with the fact that Wards Island is named after two people, Jasper and Bartholomew Ward (see Proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Services), while Randall's Island is named after one person, Jonathan Randel (see Randall's Island Historical Sign).Transpoman (talk) 04:37, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

New York City Asylum

A New York City Asylum for the Insane was located on Roosevelt Island until 1894 when its patients were moved to Ward's Island, according to Roosevelt Island Historical Society (see http://www.correctionhistory.org/rooseveltisland/html/rooseveltislandtour_octagon.html). This article references an institution with exact same name opening in 1863. Did they have the same name at the same time? The facility on Roosevelt Island opened in 1839 and Charles Dickens wrote about it in 1842.

This has the same census data as Randall's Island

Someone who's knowledgeable would be appreciated.AndyinMN 18:49, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Randall's Island

They are part of the same island geographically, and share many features. Epicgenius^{(give him tirade • check out damage)} 15:34, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I agree. I've merged them under Randall's and Wards Islands. Fitnr (talk) 20:49, 24 October 2013 (UTC)