Overgrown Mansion on North Brother Island

New York, New York (NY), US

The abandoned buildings and grounds were once used to quarantine people and families with highly contageous diseases like TB and Small Pox. See map:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15816/

Overgrown Mansion on North Brother Island

New York, New York (NY), US

The abandoned buildings and grounds were once used to quarantine people and families with highly contageous diseases like TB and Small Pox. See map:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/15816/

Islands, Unexplained, Abandoned
Links: www.urbanlens.com, opacity.us
By: Pdunn

Nearby:

North Brother Island

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Oak Point Yard - CSX

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'Puerto Rican Sun' by Rafael Ferrer

Con Ed plant in Brooklyn

Rikers Island

Prison Barge - Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center

Randalls Island Tennis Center

American Banknote Company

Jackson Avenue station (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Comments

canadiense

@ 2007-06-14 16:57:53

Information on how North Brother Island came to be:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Brother_Island

skyeye

@ 2011-01-14 15:42:23

http://gawker.com/5734056/the-beautiful-decay-of-new-yorks-forgotten-island/gallery/

Anonymous

@ 2012-02-03 12:27:32

How beautiful is this?? Wonderful imagry from a time best forgotten. I wonder, is there anyone who written of thier time on the island?? I would love to read some on this!