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

North Brother Island in New York served as a quarantine zone for those infected with deadly diseases such as typhoid and ...

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 ...

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With a new study to explore opening North Brother Island, here are our favorite secrets of this mysterious, abandoned island in NYC's East River.

North Brother Island, a 22-acre piece of land in New York City, has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.

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. There, nature is ...

Apart from the most well known islands that make up New York City — Manhattan, Long Island, and Staten Island, the city is also comprised of dozens of other islands, a large number of them ...

A mysterious island lies less than a mile off the coast of one of the world's most famous cities – but it is completely abandoned and inaccessible to the public. North Brother Island is located ...

In the past 50 years, North Brother Island has almost been entirely removed from the city’s collective memory map. Located in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island, it has a history ...