8. There Are Beehives on Randall’s Island

The Randall’s Island Green Roof is located atop the Parks Department’s Five Borough Administration Building, just east of Harlem. This green roof laboratory started functioning in 2007 with 7,000 square feet of plantings. Today, it is 29,000 square feet and is equipped with fertile queens, and around 10,000 worker bees. Each hive can grow to have 30,000 bees during its first season. NYC Beekeeping cares for the honeybee hives and uses the facility for education and research.