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The Haunted Feel Of The Island

North Brother Island was abandoned in 1963 after being used as a sanitarium and rehab center for victims of typhoid and smallpox nearly 80 years up to that point. It had been such a busy place that at one point in the island’s history that there were more than 40 buildings covering the island — including a hospital, a church, a morgue, dormitory style accommodation, a lighthouse and more. Now, as you will see, the island wreaks of a forgotten, haunting and eerie presence filled with rust, dust and fossilized furniture that was used so long ago. Broken and eroding chairs, dusty old books with ripped up pages coated with aged ink, stained and busted bath tubs filled with debris and broken windows, are just some of the things you will find on the island.