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The Beautiful Decay of New York’s Forgotten Island [Photos]

North Brother Island is in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. It was used until the ’40s as a quarantine hospital, but has been abandoned and closed to the public since then. Now it’s a spectacular ruin. More

The Beautiful Decay of New York’s Forgotten Island [Photos]

North Brother Island is in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. It was used until the ’40s as a quarantine hospital, but has been abandoned and closed to the public since then. Now it’s a spectacular ruin. More