Ever hear of "North Brother Island"?

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saw this on tumblr and thought it was pretty cool!

[Album] Abandoned Island in the Middle of NYC [OC]

Located in between Queens and the Bronx, in 1885 the island was used to build a hospital complex to quarantine and treat people suffering from smallpox and typhoid fever. In the 1950’s it was turned into a rehab center. The entire island has been abandoned since 1963.

After the city closed down the hospitals they tried to sell the island to private investors in the 70’s but the cost of construction, transportation to the island, installing a sewage system, and the noise from Laguardia airport discouraged anyone from buying it. In the 80’s they tried to build a prison on the island but scrapped the plan because it was cheaper to build in upstate New York.

Abandoned for 50 years now, Mother Nature is slowly reclaiming her territory.

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Super cool, love these urban exploring threads. Wish there was more pictures.

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theres a link to the others towards the bottom, 41 in total.

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This was shown on history undercover? Or something. A show on the history channel.

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saw this a few years ago, seemed like a different photoset but could be the same one, possibly with comparison/contrast to ellis island

pretty cool.

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Cool stuff :tup:

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scary.

they should use that as a movie set.

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I have a canoe, lets go!!

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So can anyone just go or does the city own it?

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So. You don’t come out tonight because you’re researching some dude island? :gay:

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I’ll grab my kayak, let’s do it!

I didn’t come out with you guys becuase I found out one of my best friends is getting divorced and he needed someone to talk to, so I went and had a couple beers with him.

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Is his soon to be ex wife hot?

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I’ll use my card on her lol

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lmao, good luck with that one.

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