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It housed drug-addicted teenagers and was where Typhoid Mary was kept. Island paradise it’s not, but North Brother Island is the most arrestingly unique spot in the five boroughs.

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.

7. North Brother Island, New York, USA Situated in New York City's East River, North Brother Island has a haunting history.

Just across the water on North Brother Island, the remains of a hospital used to treat quarantined patients of diseases like typhus, smallpox, and tuberculosis, withers in decay.

American missionary killed by tribe on remote island NEW DELHI -- The first time American John Allen Chau visited the isolated island in the seas between India and Southeast Asia, he came bearing ...

That place is North Brother Island (Google Maps link), Brain Pickings reveals, in the middle of the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island, and one photographer captured its newfound ...

Abandoned since 1963 and currently off-limits to the public, North Brother Island has long been a favorite destination for New York urban explorers. Getting there usually requires a risky boat or ...

North Brother Island was once home to a hospital on the East River. The drone footage uncovered forgotten buildings hidden from view by trees. The video received more than 50,000 views as of Tuesday.