Getting to North Brother Island has all the trappings of secretive exclusivity. You’ve got to get invited, sign a waiver, meet in an out-of-the-way spot in Hunts Point and charter a boat just to ...

North Brother Island in New York City served as a quarantine zone for patients infected with deadly diseases such as smallpox ...

North Brother Island was one of many institutions (public schools, asylums, hospitals, universities, prisons) erected in the late 19th century in New York City as a social buttress to counter the ...

North Brother Island, along with the nearby South Brother Island, eventually fell into private ownership and in 2009 were reacquired by the city of New York. The island is now used as a sanctuary ...

It's a speck on a city map, and chances are you've never stepped onto North Brother Island, 22 acres off the South Bronx near Rikers Island. You may not have even heard of it.

North Brother Island is a 20-acre speck off the Bronx in the East River. It opened, in the 1880s, as a quarantine site, where the city shipped and shut away the sick. The hospital converted to a ...

A map of North Brother Island and where the Council members visited. ... Levine wants to conduct a study about what North Brother Island could be, taking into account the ecology and history.

Surrounding the bustling island of Manhattan are countless lesser-known landforms.One of the most unique is North Brother Island. Sitting in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island ...

North Brother Island Gantry Isolated from the city by water, North Brother Island was entirely reliant on boats for the transportation of supplies and people until its abandonment in 1960.

Exploring North Brother Island May Become A Lot Easier (And Legal) By . Jen Chung. Published Oct 28, 2015. Modified Oct 28, 2015. Share. Never miss a story Email address ...