North Brother Island
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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.
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.
this entity surface form:
East River island