Central Road - Wards Island

The French Connection (1971)

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SCENE

Jimmy Doyle and the NYPD have created an ambush.

ACTORS

Gene HackmanRoy ScheiderEddie Egan

OVERVIEW

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

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ADDRESS

130 Central Road, New York, New York 10035, United States

LOCATION

40.7929840087891, -73.9229507446289

LOCATION DETAILS

Wards Island is a 255-acre landmass lying in the northern end of the East River, between Manhattan and Queens. Randalls Island and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Islands, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Native Americans called Wards Island Tenkenas which translated to "Wild Lands" or "uninhabited place”.

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7/13/2019

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