Looking on Google maps, Rikers Island NYC has a decent looking track. Do they have meets there?
Looking on Google maps, Rikers Island NYC has a decent looking track. Do they have meets there?
Anyone? Found the track on Google Maps and curious as well. Made for the prison? Does it predate the prison? Used by prisoners? Correctional officers?
Sure. Try to go there and report back. Spoiler: be prepared for any surprise.
Future resident wrote:
Looking on Google maps, Rikers Island NYC has a decent looking track. Do they have meets there?
Wow that's actually the most decrepit track I've ever seen.
Glad they have it though.
You mean Randall’s Island. Rikers island is the prison
Life long NYer, track fan,& official and never knew it was there.
Never even heard a rumor it was there.
I wonder how many of my tax dollars that cost.
Ran my 1st sub-5 minute mile on that track in high school.
Track fan 1979 wrote:
You mean Randall’s Island. Rikers island is the prison
No, we mean Rikers. That's the point. Just look on the map.
There has to be some correctional officer who comes on LRC and can give some info!
I just spent the better part of 45 minutes with Dept of Corrections and the take away is
There is no information about the track and field facility on Rikers Island available for release to the general public.
E-mail us at
with your specific questions and they will address those questions if the information is available to the public.
A "decent looking track"? That thing appears to have giant fissures running across it in multiple places.
wineturtle wrote:
https://mapcarta.com/22613426/MapLife long NYer, track fan,& official and never knew it was there.
Never even heard a rumor it was there.
I wonder how many of my tax dollars that cost.
In my bounced around multitransfered phone call spoke to 3 people who said they work on Rikers Island and did not know there is a 400m 8 lane all-weather track on the island -one actually looked on Google Earth to verify my insistence that there was a track on Rikers.
lmao wineturtle good for you that is classic.
It better be an all weather 400m track with a field turf infield. Plus points if it is lined for american football and soccer.
wineturtle wrote:
one actually looked on Google Earth to verify my insistence that there was a track on Rikers.
How many people are using Google Earth right now to check and see if there is a track on Rikers island??
Long time ago wrote:
Ran my 1st sub-5 minute mile on that track in high school.
As mentioned before we are talking about Rikers Island home of the NY DeptofCorrections Jail facility not Randalls Island formerly home Downing Stadium and now of Icahn Stadium
On Wikipedia there is a photo of the island which clearly shows an oval track.
From Wikipedia:
Complex and facilities[edit]
The Rikers Island complex, which consists of ten jails, holds local offenders who are awaiting trial and cannot afford, obtain, or are not given bail from a judge; those serving sentences of one year or less; and those temporarily placed there pending transfer to another facility.[19] Rikers Island is therefore not a prison by US terminology, which typically holds offenders serving longer-term sentences. It is home to ten of the New York City Department of Correction's fifteen facilities and can accommodate up to 15,000 prisoners.[20][21]
Detailed aerial photo of the jail complex
Facilities located on the island include Otis Bantum Correctional Center (OBCC), Robert N. Davoren Complex (RNDC, formerly ARDC), Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC), George Motchan Detention Center (GMDC), North Infirmary Command (NIC), Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), Eric M. Taylor Center (EMTC, formerly CIFM), James A. Thomas Center (JATC) (no longer used to house inmates),[21] George R. Vierno Center (GRVC) and West Facility (WF). The Bantum, Kross, Motchan, and Vierno facilities house detained male adults. Taylor houses sentenced male adolescents and adults. Davoren primarily houses male inmates who are of ages 16 through 18. Singer houses detained and sentenced female adolescents and adults. North Infirmary primarily houses inmates who require medical attention from an infirmary. West Facility houses inmates who have diseases that are contagious.[21] The average daily inmate population on the island is about 10,000,[9] although it can hold a maximum of 15,000.[20] The daytime population (including staff) can be 20,000 or more.[22][23]
The only road access to the island is from Queens, over the 4,200-foot (1.28 km) three-lane Francis Buono Bridge, dedicated on November 22, 1966, by Mayor John Lindsay.[24] Before the bridge was constructed, the only access to the island was by ferry. Transportation is also provided by the Q100 MTA Regional Bus Operations route.[25] There are also privately operated shuttles that connect the parking lot at the south end to the island. Bus service within the island for visitors visiting inmates is provided by the New York City Department of Correction on Fridays through Sundays.[26]
The North Infirmary Command, which used to be called the Rikers Island Infirmary, is used to house inmates requiring extreme protective custody, inmates with special health needs, mentally ill inmates, and inmates undergoing drug detoxification. The Infirmary also has the capacity to house overflow inmates from conventional populations. The rest of the facilities, all built in the last 67 years, make up this city of jails. There is also the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, a floating barge (described below). There are schools, medical clinics, ball fields, chapels, gyms, drug rehab programs, grocery stores, barbershops, a bakery, a laundromat, a power plant, a track, a tailor shop, a print shop, a bus depot and even a car wash. It is also home to a large composting facility.[6]
Rikers Island has been referred to as the world's largest penal colony.[27][28] For comparison, Europe's largest correctional facility, Silivri Prison in European Turkey, sits on 256 acres (1.04 km2) and houses 10,904 prisoners.
Long time ago wrote:
Ran my 1st sub-5 minute mile on that track in high school.
How long were you there for and what did you do to get put in jail?