German prisoners of war during World War II, a "Nike" missile installation used by the U.S. Army Air Defense Command during the Cold War, and a facility for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. It is now the city's primary potter's field. High Island - an 8-acre island was purchased in 1762 by Captain John Wooley, which he then named "High Island" for its elevated center. A radio broadcasting company bought the island in 1962 and built an automobile bridge to City Island. WCBS and WFAN currently operate the 529-foot antenna tower on the island. Hunter Island - the 19th century country estate of the wealthy New York City merchant John Hunter. When the City developed Pelham Bay Park in 1937, the stretch of water between Hunter's Island and the land opposite City Island Bridge was filled, converting the island into a peninsula. Rat Island - a 2.5 acre island which has been used as a typhoid quarantine hospital, an artists' and writers' colony, and a fisherman’s campsite. Travers Island - a former island connected by landfill to mainland New Rochelle, and is the summer home of the New York Athletic Club. Twin Island - a former island which was connected to Rodman's Neck by landfill in the 1930s. They are now part of Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park See also Green Flats Reef Execution Rocks Lighthouse Eastchester Bay Cuban Ledge References External links Travers Island - USGS report Goose Island - USGS report Davids' Island - USGS report Twin Island - USGS report High Island - USGS report Hart Island - USGS report City Island- USGS report Chimney Sweeps Islands - USGS report Hunter Island - USGS report Rat Island - USGS report Geography of New Rochelle, New York Long Island Sound Islands of Westchester County, New York Islands of New York City Geography of the Bronx Islands of the Bronx