1,061 Comments for Riverside Hospital (North Brother Island)

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I really hope he went inside...
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Hey i agree with D - it is Jerry Hawkins did 30 days in seclusion, its true, ask any of the nurses if they ...
and then next to it is a different note, the writing is different more angry ... possibly asking for the time, and he has drawn the squares above it...
I think these pics are amazing!!!
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Urgh! That stuff still tastes horrible!
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Just came across this site. It is my new favorite! I could spend endless hours looking at the astonishing pictures. This is one of my favorite buildings so far. Just beautiful.
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The moment i looked at this shot i imeadiately thought of snow white - weird! I really like this one.
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I recently watched a program on the History Channel that went into some abandoned hospitals and prisons (it may have been an episode of the "Life After People" series), including this one. It showed some of the graffiti, including this one, and described the graffiti as having been done in the 1960s, when the hospital was used for drug rehab. it described this room as one used by patients during detoxification. Some of the other graffii shown included dates and neighborhoods where patients lived. I remember one that said "Greenpoint."
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I know it can't be, but are those balloons hanging from the ceiling?
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This stuff is still in use today and used how mink describes as a swallowed contrasting agent for digestive studies. Normally this is used along with flouroscopy to help the doctor watch the progress of the contrast through the patient. As few few vets have flouro and in days before flouro rad exposures at interval can also be used and the films developed and viewed.
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i would love to go but everyone tells me that the coast guard will stop me before i even get close. so i was wondering if you could tell me how you got on the island.
idk if you want to say it here but if not ill give you my email.. itslaurennyoo@aol.com
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it's weird how much things change over the years...
before and after pictures are always interesting!
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help any one know what the zip for (NORTH BROTHER ISLAND - NY) what is the total real street address for the old Riverside Hospital?

#1 i was born there and have lost my birth paper work

#2 to get a copy of my birth info i must fine the total street address for the ( old Riverside Hospital ) also for them to fine my info.
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when i win lottery i will buy that island
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That's so poignant. I wonder when it was written?
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oh wow! i love the colors and the crooked doorway!
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i love how the tree branches are poking through the windows and the radiators are a little rusty. it really shows how old and abandoned the place is. my mom says its kind of creepy. by the way i live right near this place and see it a lot. its so beautiful.