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

It does look frosted.

Hi Motts: Always great to see new pictures posted by you. Esp for the Holiday weekend. Now you have 100 sites posted cool. I've looked at some ...not sure how many now maybe over 10 or so? I still have a long way to go so to speak. Hope you post more in the coming months. I'm so happy you didn't get caught ....Nice pictures already. Can't wait to see the rest of them. Thanks for sharing and all of your hard work. I really love the history that you add about these places. Other sites need to take note...this is how to post a web site and the comments section really makes it more special for all of us to tell how we feel about it all. Thanks Motts!! : )

Does anybody know if the bannister is made from wrought iron or wood?

Interesting. When I was staying briefly in a mental hospital we didn't have glass mirrors. Everything was made of polished steel so we could not cut ourselves or the other patients, staff etc. I guess that wasn't much of a concern at this particular facility. That having been said I do like the shot. I like the way a single item in a room can convey so much emotion and a sense of sadness.

Reminds me a little bit of Evil Dead

Wow. It's like discovering the ruins of a temple in an urban jungle.

so much more you could've done....damn the Coast Guard! lol

if that's the case, Motts...you've stumbled on a piece of history...sad that it has degraded so much

Lead? hope you wore a mask!

it have have been a morgue...for children who died of the diseases rampant at the time

You ever see the movie "The Hills Have Eyes?" Well that kinda reminds me of it

maybe the guards at Riker's needed target practice...or maybe warning shots fired years ago...who knows

I hope you get to return sometime. This place looked so peaceful.
Thank you for another awesome gallery. Your place in history will be known for all you've done to document our past.

I like it better with the trees. Looks like it would be a cozy building now if it was still in use.

The door is going back to nature, beautiful.