The Island | |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood of Trenton |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Mercer County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of The Island in Mercer County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mercer |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Trenton |
Coordinates: | 40.2358°N -74.8025°W |
Unit Pref: | imperial |
The Island is a neighborhood in the city of Trenton in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] It is primarily a residential neighborhood consisting of detached, single-family homes and semi-attached (twin) residences built in the 1920s.[2] The name is derived from it formerly being located on a man-made island bounded on the south and west by the Delaware River and on the north and east by the Trenton Water Power Canal. The canal was filled in to provide space for present-day Route 29 during the 1950s.[3]