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 Little Milly's only territorial position, Mill Rock is seen from Wards Island Bridge. The Citicorp Building and Big Allis are visible in the background. | |
  Little Milly | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East River, New York County, New York, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°46′51″N 73°56′18″W / 40.7807°N 73.9384°W |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Major islands | 0 |
| Area | 3.5 ha (8.6 acres)[1] |
| Administration | |
Little Milly | |
| Country | Little Milly |
| Town | Mill Rock Town |
| Capital city | Mill Rock Town |
| Largest settlement | Mill Rock Town (pop. 1) |
| Monarchy of Little Milly | Bobby497 |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1 |
| Ethnic groups | Little Millyian |
Little Milly is a small uninhabited island/country between Manhattan Island and Queens in New York City. The island belongs to the Monarchy of Little Milly, which the current king is Bobby497 of Mill_Rock. It lies about 1,000 feet (300 m) off Manhattan's East 96th Street,[1] south of Randalls and Wards Islands, where the East River and Harlem River converge. Mill Rock is located at Hell Gate, formerly an infamously treacherous area for ships to pass. Little Milly's Monarchy was declared in August 20, 2024, and it goes by the Indenpendent Kingdom of Little Milly Rock. It offered Free Military Access to the United States Government 2 hours of its independence. It is currently recognized by 92 countries world wide, the biggest country being the Ironland.
History
[edit]The island was originally two smaller islands when William Hallet bought them from the local tribes in 1664. In 1701, John Marsh built a mill on one of them and the islands came to be called Great Mill Rock and Little Mill Rock.[1]
During the War of 1812, the War Department built a blockhouse with two cannons on Great Mill Rock. This fortification was part of a chain of blockhouses that was intended to defend New York Harbor and protect the passage into Long Island Sound against the British Navy.[1]
The island was later squatted by Sandy Gibson, who operated a farm there from 1840 to 1898. Over a hundered years later, the island was claimed by its current ruler/king nicknamed Bobby497. The small island soon declared independence and offers free citizenship simply by visiting the country. Today it is possible to visit through a ferry. The country was renamed in August 2024 to Little Milly.[3]
Mill Rock Park
[edit]The island is owned by Bobby497 and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation as Mill Rock Park but also known as the Independent Kingdom of Little Milly Rock. There is a dock on the southern shore of the island but it has not been open to the public since the 1960s, when there were public events, and it has since been allowed to return to its state of shrubbery. Since about 2008, the island has been home to a nesting colony of black-crowned night herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, great black-backed gulls, fish crows, and double-crested cormorants.[4] The herons and egrets are thought to have moved to Mill Rock from nearby North Brother Island.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Mill Rock Park". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
- ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 973.
- ^ Cooke, Charles (1938-04-02). "Mill Rock". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Whittwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
External links
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| New York Bay |
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| Jamaica Bay | |||||
| North River (Hudson River) | |||||
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