Restaurant Deprived Roosevelt Island Residents Plead For Take Out Delivery Service From Uber Eats & Amazon Fresh Whole Foods - No Luck So Far But That May Soon Change With Help From NYC Council Member Ben Kallos

Restaurant deprived Roosevelt Island residents have taken to social media pleading for take out delivery service from Uber Eats and Amazon Fresh Whole Foods. So far no luck but that may soon change.

@Uber_Support please, why is Roosevelt Island the only place in NYC you cant order to? You can order to the side of a highway (very) far out in Brooklyn, but not to a Manhattan address?

— Nils-Petter Rudqvist (@NP_Rudqvist) December 17, 2018

It would be a success since there is not delivery competition in Roosevelt island

— Carla Perez (@carla_giannina) February 23, 2019

Not to mention Amazon Fresh. Although 711 Now didn't have RI at launch but now seems to be servicing the area. pic.twitter.com/HQ6LagID9s

— Dave (@Dave57643578) February 23, 2019

@DoorDash does deliver to #rooseveltisland #manhattan #NYC

— Jonn Nubian ® (@JonnNubian) February 24, 2019

@UberEats literally delivers right across the Roosevelt Island Bridge. I don’t get why the drivers can’t just go to the bridge.

— Zibeta (@Zibeta3) February 24, 2019

Agree, would be interesting if @BenKallos can help us to encourage companies like @UberEats @WholeFoods and others, to deliver to Roosevelt Island, since we're are officially Manhattan Zip code 10044 🚡🚡🚡

— Carla Perez (@carla_giannina) February 24, 2019

Reached out to @Uber and @UberEats to bring this thi their attention. Thank you.

— Ben Kallos (@BenKallos) February 25, 2019

Today, I asked NYC Council Member Ben Kallos if he received any response from Uber Eats or Amazon about delivering to Roosevelt Island. Mr Kallos replied:

Thanks to outreach on social media and follow up from the Roosevelt Islander I've reached out to both Uber and Amazon regarding delivery of foods to Roosevelt Island.

A spokesperson for Uber Eats added:

We want to serve the entire city, including Roosevelt Island, and hope to partner with local restaurants to make that a reality.

I followed up asking the Uber Eats Spokesperson:

Is there any estimate as to when Uber Eats will serve Roosevelt Island?

Also, what is the difficulty in delivering to Roosevelt Island?

Will update when response received.

Here's how Uber Eats is supposed to work.



Stay tuned for announcement.

UPDATE 8:30 PM - According to Josh J. Jamieson, Communications Director for Council Member Ben Kallos:

Uber has been responsive to our questions about service expansions. We understand it is their goal to partner with local restaurants to get them to commit to expanding delivery areas. We are still trying to connect with Amazon.

UPDATE - The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse adds:

@DoorDash is the only take out delivery service that delivers to the island. I’ve been using them for a couple of months now. They currently have 114 restaurants supporting RI and add more on a regular basis.

— Lord Kaiju (@swgwork) March 21, 2019

Seriously, I don’t get it. I spend a lot on food between @FreshDirect and dining out on the mainland. Me and ten other people like me could probably support a restaurant here. Are you telling me there aren’t 10 other people like me on the island?

— Mendee Morgan (@MendeeMorgan) March 21, 2019