South Brother Island
40°48′N 73°54′W
North and South Brother Islands are a pair of small islands located in New York City's East River between the mainland Bronx and Rikers Island. North Brother Island was once the site of the Riverside Hospital for quarantinable diseases but is now uninhabited.
Terrain
40°48′N 73°54′W
Overview
North and South Brother Islands are a pair of small islands located in New York City's East River between the mainland Bronx and Rikers Island. North Brother Island was once the site of the Riverside Hospital for quarantinable diseases but is now uninhabited. The islands had long been privately owned, but were purchased by the federal government in 2007 with some funding from the Trust for Public Land and others; both were given to the city. They were then designated as sanctuaries for water birds. According to the New York City Parks Department, which oversees the islands, North Brother Island has about 20 acres (8 hectares) of land, and South Brother Island about 6 acres (2.4 ha). Public access is prohibited but permission is occasionally given to researchers and journalists; a NYC Parks staff member escorts all such visitors.
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Tiffany Street Pier in the foreground, with North Brother Island near top center and South Brother Island at top left.
Orthophoto of North Brother and South Brother islands.
U.S. Geological Survey, conversion to PNG by uploader (Herr Satz). / Public domain
Photo of a snowy egret with full plume walking on a pier.
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Photographs
- Tiffany Street Pier near Barretto Point Park. Peter Greenberg / CC BY-SA 3.0
- USGS orthophoto of North Brother Island and South Brother Island - Bronx County. U.S. Geological Survey, conversion to PNG by uploader (Herr Satz). / Public domain
- Snowy Egret Plume. Jason Engman / Public domain