Today, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation manages a mixed-income community of about 12,000 residents featuring numerous parks and greenspaces, recreational facilities, and six city-designated landmark buildings.

[10] RIOC operates the island's high-tech sanitation system, called automated vacuum collection (AVAC).

In this system, a computer turns on the trash receptacles in each building every hour, opening a valve that releases garbage into one of two underground pipes.

[11] The RIPSD protects the island's property including all facilities by patrolling certain contracted residential buildings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the New York City Police Department is responsible for providing policing service on Roosevelt Island.

The Sportspark exercise facility at the southern end of Roosevelt Island features a pool, basketball court, fitness center, and a rec room with billiards, ping pong, and air hockey.