These days, it feels like almost every place on Earth has been mapped, tagged, and turned into content. With travel hacks, ...

The Parks Department said Thursday that it is willing to explore the possibility of "limited" public access to North Brother Island, the 20-acre abandoned island off of the South Bronx that's been ...

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 ...

North Brother Island lies in the East River, between the Bronx and Rikers Island. Tours, like one the Daily News took Friday with Levine, Parks officials and other elected officials, are rare, and ...

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 ...

North Brother Island in the East River is now a decaying bird sanctuary that's closed to the public, but that may soon change. Just a short boat ride from the South Bronx, the island was abandoned ...

North Brother Island is a 22-acre piece of land in New York City that has been abandoned since 1963. The island, which is next to the infamous Rikers prison, was a quarantine location 150 years ago.

In North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in NYC, photographer Christopher Payne documents the abandoned island off the Bronx over the course of one year. Menu Search. Log in Subscribe.