North Brother Island

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bird sanctuary former quarantine station island uninhabited island

North Brother Island is a small, historically significant and now abandoned island in New York City's East River, known for its former quarantine hospital and restricted access as a bird sanctuary.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
East River island	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird sanctuary ⓘ former quarantine station ⓘ island ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ
abandonmentPeriod	since late 20th century ⓘ
access	restricted ⓘ
accessControl	permit required ⓘ
area	approximately 20 acres ⓘ
builtStructureCondition	ruins ⓘ
coordinatesApprox	40.801°N 73.885°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
historicalEvent	General Slocum steamship disaster ⓘ
historicalEventDate	1904 ⓘ
hospitalFunction	quarantine for other infectious diseases ⓘ quarantine for smallpox ⓘ quarantine for tuberculosis ⓘ
hospitalName	Riverside Hospital ⓘ
inmate	Mary Mallon ⓘ
laterUse	housing for World War II veterans ⓘ treatment center for adolescent drug addicts ⓘ
locatedIn	East River NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor New York ⓘ surface form: New York State borough of the Bronx ⓘ
locatedNear	Bronx shoreline ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rikers Island ⓘ South Brother Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
MaryMallonDeathLocation	North Brother Island self-link ⓘ
MaryMallonIsolationStart	1907 ⓘ
MaryMallonSecondIsolationStart	1915 ⓘ
notableFor	Riverside Hospital ⓘ association with Typhoid Mary ⓘ former quarantine hospital ⓘ site of General Slocum disaster rescue operations ⓘ treatment of contagious diseases ⓘ
partOf	New York City waterway islands ⓘ surface form: United States Minor Islands of New York City
primaryWildlife	cormorants ⓘ egrets ⓘ herons ⓘ wading birds ⓘ
RiversideHospitalClosureApprox	mid-20th century ⓘ
status	abandoned ⓘ closed to the public ⓘ protected area ⓘ
use	bird sanctuary ⓘ wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
usedAs	isolation site for Typhoid Mary ⓘ
vegetation	second-growth forest ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Brother Island → MaryMallonDeathLocation → North Brother Island self-link ⓘ

New York City waterway islands → hasMember → North Brother Island ⓘ

South Brother Island → locatedNear → North Brother Island ⓘ

Coler Specialty Hospital → locatedOn → North Brother Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: East River island