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North and South Brother Island
North Brother Island is a small island located in the East River of New York City. The island has a rich and varied history, with its most notable use being as a quarantine center for infectious diseases such as smallpox and tuberculosis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was also the site of the tragic General Slocum steamship disaster in 1904, which claimed over 1,000 lives. In the mid-20th century, the island was used as a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, and later as a housing facility for war veterans and their families. Today, the island is uninhabited and off-limits to the public, serving as a bird sanctuary and nature preserve.
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In 1904, a steamship carried German churchgoers from the Lower East Side to Long Island for a Sunday School jaunt. Somehow, a spark lit in a storage room that kept barrels of oil. The fire spread through the ship just as it reached Hell Gate. The ship captain hurtled forward to North Brother Island, but over a thousand passengers had already perished.
Several years later, Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant working as a cook, tested positive for tuberculosis. The Department of Health forced her into quarantine on North Brother Island where, apart from a five-year reprieve, she would live the rest of her life in isolation. The lore of Typhoid Mary’s quarantine attracts the city’s lovers of all things creepy, medical, and abandoned.
Still etched into the walls of a decrepit hospital lie an inmate’s infamous words: “Help me I am being held here against my
As mentioned above, Parks limits access to North Brother Island because of its difficult location, the challenging and potentially hazardous condition of the terrain and built environment, and wildlife concerns.
South Brother Island
South Brother Island is a small island located in the East River of New York City, specifically in the Bronx borough.
South Brother Island was sold for $10 in 1975.
South Brother, situated between the Bronx and Queens and within sight of the Rikers Island guard towers, will most likely be left as it is, officials said, preserved as a nature sanctuary and administered by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
North Brother Island is a small island located in the East River of New York City. The island has a rich and varied history, with its most notable use being as a quarantine center for infectious diseases such as smallpox and tuberculosis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was also the site of the tragic General Slocum steamship disaster in 1904, which claimed over 1,000 lives. In the mid-20th century, the island was used as a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, and later as a housing facility for war veterans and their families. Today, the island is uninhabited and off-limits to the public, serving as a bird sanctuary and nature preserve.
In 1904, a steamship carried German churchgoers from the Lower East Side to Long Island for a Sunday School jaunt. Somehow, a spark lit in a storage room that kept barrels of oil. The fire spread through the ship just as it reached Hell Gate. The ship captain hurtled forward to North Brother Island, but over a thousand passengers had already perished.
Several years later, Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant working as a cook, tested positive for tuberculosis. The Department of Health forced her into quarantine on North Brother Island where, apart from a five-year reprieve, she would live the rest of her life in isolation. The lore of Typhoid Mary’s quarantine attracts the city’s lovers of all things creepy, medical, and abandoned.
Still etched into the walls of a decrepit hospital lie an inmate’s infamous words: “Help me I am being held here against my
As mentioned above, Parks limits access to North Brother Island because of its difficult location, the challenging and potentially hazardous condition of the terrain and built environment, and wildlife concerns.
South Brother Island
South Brother Island is a small island located in the East River of New York City, specifically in the Bronx borough.
South Brother Island was sold for $10 in 1975.
South Brother, situated between the Bronx and Queens and within sight of the Rikers Island guard towers, will most likely be left as it is, officials said, preserved as a nature sanctuary and administered by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
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