Yup. “There is a forlorn little spit of land in the middle of the East River by the United Nations, called U Thant Island.” “In 1977, a group of United Nation

Yup. “There is a forlorn little spit of land in the middle of the East River by the United Nations, called U Thant Island.” “In 1977, a group of United Nations employees who meditated with Sri Chinmoy, a Queens-based mystic, had the island re-christened in honor of the Burmese diplomat U Thant, who was the third Secretary General of the world body from 1961 to 1971.” http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/fyi-652520.html http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/fyi-652520.html