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

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Ooohhh. I really like this room. I'd build this as a part of my house.
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Do I honestly have to say how creepy that is? Completely freaky. Makes you wonder...
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This is a beautiful shot. Seemingly peaceful. Then you think about that large, eerie building behind you.
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You must keep in mind that these people had a contagious diseses (TB, smallpox,etc..) Unfortunately for them they were in quarantine and could not leave.
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It is really sad. I'm doing a research project right now about insanity, women, and the asylum in 19th century New York state, and it is alarming and saddening how many "sane" women and women in general were being practically dumped off at the asylums by husbands and other relations against their will.

It's just sad to see it still happening in such recent history.
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Oooh how very cool.
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This is beautiful.
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WOW, awesome picture this picture is telling me like this building is going no where and what happened in this building is never going to be reversed or taken back....chilling
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Yea, this is a refrigerator and those look like GE monitor top refrigerator motors which date back to the 1920's-30's. It looks like this might have been an early ice box that was converted into a refrigerator.
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That was indeed the morgue & pathology lab. The inside of the fusebox refers to the buildings as "Mortuary Bldg", and the room with the rusted Shampaigne exam table was the cooler room - similar to CVH, there were no standard morgue trays but, rather, one big refrigerated room.

As to Mary Mallon, it's possible that this is the lab that she worked in, but there's no concrete evidence that I've been able to find one way or another.
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wow, these are incredible! how did you manage to get onto the island in the first place?
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Your an amazing photographer Have enjoyed every gallery!
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I'm fasinated with these abandoned hospitals and prisons. If anyone would like to share info. I'd love it. Sue
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Remember the movie "The timemachine" ??? The older one ??? Welcome back !
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Oooohhh...wallpaper!!!