Historic New York island (5)

I believe the answer is:

ellis

(Other definitions for ellis that I've seen before include "Havelock --, English essayist" , "who wrote sexy books?" , "island close to New York" , "Havelock --, psychologist" , "- Peters, wrote Brother Cadfael books" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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