New York's Forbidden Island - Abandoned North Brother Island (OFF LIMITS TO PUBLIC)
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2019
- Join us as we look at one of manhatten's most forbidden relics
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There’s something so eerily beautiful about seeing how nature is taking over the abandoned structures.
Agreed I love the Chernobyl site in Russia for the same reason!
But what happens if you fall off the roof?
@@chaosdemonwolf1
I can't belive the risk they took. One of the guys pointed out the roof was caving in and moments later there on the roof. could had used lightning, and more detail to other rooms. And had known better history on their location. still very beautiful the over growth. had me on the edge of my chair with worry for their safety.
Oh you mean that invasive Kudzu that's growing all over everything? Honestly if that stuff didn't exist we be able to see the structure better. Those vines are invasive and clearly not natural to the island. But I know what you're saying.
Have you ever thought that maybe you are just a small part of nature and all things man maid are just really from the earth and so only just a part of earth's nature as you are but a spec of its ability to harbor life?
That all houses and machines were just a part of the cycle to habitat just another animal, the most spectacular organism so far?
If only people knew how important we were to our solar system and planet. At this time only we have the ability to leave our planet and grow elsewhere, seeding our planet's lifeforms on dead worlds, yet as the most wonderful species ever to date from our gaia, we murder each other in cold blood and act as if we are not part of the cycle, yet we die so easy life all life does, but act and think of ourselves as gods among creatures when we are creatures too.
In 1951 I lived on this Island as it was used to house Veteran families who were attending NYC colleges. Sadly they turned it into a place for teenage narcotic users who literally destroyed the island. What a waste, back then it was a beautiful place to live.
Dianne Mitchell holy cow, absolutely mind blowing that their are people out here with fond memories from the islands functioning days. I really appreciate you sharing Dianne I hope I was able to show you a part of your history from a whole new perspective all these years later!!!!!
My grandparents lived on that island when my grandfather went to NYU. He is a WW 2 veteran. They both told me they enjoyed living on the island than. They said everyone was friendly nice and it was clean than. This was back in the 1950s.
Great info thank you
It's just unbelievable how a lot of these states have a lot of abandoned building's. I know it takes money but a lot of places have been sitting for years.
MattSonswa Another interesting fact about the island was racially integrated at a time when there was segregation in many places of the country.
My great grandfather was sent to a hospital back in the day for tuberculosis never to be seen again by his family. We have no known pictures of him so videos like this fascinate me. Looked like a sketchy place to explore but glad you're safe & thanks for sharing.
How truly sad to hear that your Great Grandfather never returned from this lonely place.
Check out Southern Pirate outdoors we do in abandon hospital prison. Only for the most experienced explorers I was the 1st!🏴☠️
I suspect it was another eugenics program.
Similar to what they are doing to people in elder homes.
@@cfred5393 yea. My grandaddy had it tough growing up when his dad got sent away. His mother, my nanny, did what she could for him. His father's name is on grandaddy birth certificate but intensive genealogy over 30 years has finally gotten SOME information about his life prior to this. Not much tho. If you trace my lineage it stops at his name...that's it. No other information. It's so odd.
@@midwestlakelife I suspect you're downright idiot and need to get a life outside conspiranoic bullshit videos and blogs.
This place has the makings of a Resident Evil movie.
It like nature is saying ,the people threw it away so I am taking it back
This also has the markings as a future certain pandemic victims' body dumpsite!
Virgil Williams yup
Hell, they got Matt's footage, and with movie magic it can be redone!
Or something like shutter Island
It looks like nature is reclaiming the location. Beautiful.
Try french giahna you know papyon.wow !
I love the long breaks of silence you offer as you film these abandoned spaces. Very interesting.
Agree. So many think they have to have a running commentary & all we want is to take in the sights.
NY is full of abandoned buildings like this, the state loves to build and walk away from buildings all the time
There's far more money to be made in building than using them.
Corrupt politicians. I wouldn't mind having my taxes support such a place for veterans but my money goes into the UN or Clinton's foundation. Disgusting.
I have never heard of this island..guys becareful...so dangerous..I'm glad I seen it though..
@@TUKByV Borderline laughable statement.
In an idiotic kind of way.
They are to busy building high rise buildings to jack the cost of living up. Not to include building their on Mansions, politicians.... SMH in 2020!
You two are either very brave or very foolish. Since no one was injured, I’ll go with brave. The brickwork on front is beautiful.
My Mother worked here as a dietician in the early 30's!
Creepy
Nice, god bless her.
Wow, crazy 😯
Whew, I'm sure she had some stories..
Was this Island also called welfare Island?? My mom went to school for LPN on Welfare Islnad.
The rain just adds to the "creepy-ness" of this place.
and the wind noise........!
I can't imagine the horrors those poor people were put through that had to go there.
It was NY's dirty little secret along with WillowBrook, & Belleview hospitals.
@@alliecattlopez537 Bellevue is still open but now is diff
@Saltyyy Kush420 make sure you dig up the history at it's deepest levels not just what was painted over the surface. Look at British Sub's UA-cam page. So much ti be discovered! Good luck....
Same here been wondering about this whole thing,hi there how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Better documentary than History Channel
Always better.
That's a low bar considering the History Channel is fucking garbage.
@@falcoperegrinus82 no It not
The editing and production of this is literally on the same level as the proper people, very good
I saw you're comment and subbed immediatly, without ever seeing a video from this channel. Was scrolling through the comments while listening some music.
The proper people's quality much better.
I wish all my videos were up to par with those two rascals , sadly I never have time to edit videos how I want them. It’s good to see comparisons between my content & those I look up to. :)
Soumen Banerjee But this is pretty close
@@mattsonswa
Just found this video in my feed. I also am a huge fan of Proper People. Soon as Im done screwin around in these comments, I'll go check out your other shit. See what ya got. But Im.pretty confident I'll be a new sub. Love abondoned places and history and.videos like this. Thank you for posting it. Yes, Proper People do some pretty sick, kick ass vids but you'll get your editing and filming fine tuned and dialed right into "your style" in no time, Im sure.
Great video!!!
The city is endless. They could do something worthwhile with this treasure. So many islands in NYC with great potential!
So true!
Looks like a perfect place for serial killers and paedophiles
@@shirleypallister9612 That's probably what happened there. They need to raze the buildings and build some affordable housing. New York City doesn't have that anymore.
@@shirleypallister9612 what, so they will let them run free like Deblasio did with Rikers?
Oh they will some day. With population exploring. They will have to use whatever is available for housing or farming.
The scariest part for me was when he turned and there sat a brand new grill...
RIGHT!
Yup
Can you find fnaf 1 place pls CobraKelly
Nicely done!!! The intro was great, helps piece things together and appreciate everything you are showing us. I'm so happy you made it out safe but that last part of the video, trying to find another safe way out was nerve wrecking to watch! Also, the music was spot on, wasn't distracting and was set at a good volume. Thanks for sharing!
Couldn’t
agree more
Always find it amazing how nature takes over once humans are gone.
Proof that we will be just fine after every one gets their bout with covid and gets their anti bodies.
Look at how great everyone's yards look as we get cabin fever.
with a little luck maybe nature will take over the entire 5 borough's.. one could only hope...
in its essence nature creates art of the world, these ruins which have been consumed by nature are appreciated in the same way one may look at art.
Life after people
Pisses me off when architectural gems like this are left to rot. It can be turned into an exclusive attraction of some kind.
@Miriam Vidal Definitely, but give them self respect with some kind of work to pay a small rent for them.
Heru- deshet so many abandoned hotels, hospitals, factories and farmhouses in Canada and USA 🇺🇸
Cosmic Rey
Discernment is the key to warding off evil, incels & autocrats. “Wise as a serpent, gentle as a dove”.
Tartarian brick work is nice.
All of that is too far gone.
"Closed for corruption".. I can only imagine what really took place there.. must have been a horrific nightmare for so many people.. terrible injustice. Thank you for exposing this. I once snuck into an abandoned building on Roosevelt Island to do a photo shoot. It was creepy.. gurneys on the floor, made me wonder what had happened there. You did such a great job filming!
That's the first thing I thought. Don't open those furnace doors.
The stairs falling in is no joke! I had an entire fight of stairs fall out from under me in an abandoned tenement on Eldridge st in Manhattan back around 1976 going back down the stairs from the roof, I was literally hanging by my fingers that grabbed the threshold as I fell! I had walked up those stairs no problem, going back down I stepped down on the top step and all of a sudden the whole flight of steps simply fell out from under me.
I bet you lost those 100 extra pounds your body had after that incident ehh?
@@YoungHeartedSoul Oh shit that was scary yeah! I went to the roof to remove a sculpture from the facade by cutting a hole thru the parapet to access the back of it, it was 135# and I dragged it over to the stairs and intended to slide it down the steps, I turned around and took a step down onto the top step below the threshold of the roof door and started to slide the sculpture over to the threshold and my weight alone was all it took to cause the stairway to collapse.
It was so crazy because I had walked up those very stairs a few hours earlier with no problem, creaking or anything.
The flight below held the weight and impact force, so likely that top flight had rot from the open roof door allowing rain to get in.
Had I slid the sculpture onto the steps plus my weight, there's no way I could have stopped myself, as it happened when the stairs fell out suddenly- I was facing the roof door and my arms were extended thru the doorway, I was able to grab the threshold as I fell. The whole flight of stairs fell down on top of the flight below, but with my weight and that sculpture if we had fallen down with the steps it likely would have been enough to cause collapse of the next flight and maybe more to pancake down like the WTC floors did.
The building was 6 floors high, with an additional flight to the roof which would have been the 7th floor, it was at 214 Eldridge St, the whole block there was later demolished.
I have the story and photos in my book about the abandoned buildings in NY City back in the 70s, www.randallwolff.com/gallery/
I do remember back then reading a story about a guy who salvaged from abandoned buildings in NY City who if I remember right- either had the same thing happen or the floor collapsed, he was left permanetly disabled from the spinal injury. Another guy who salvaged from buildings in Chicago was in a building being demolished and rescuing some ornate ironwork from the staircase on an upper floor the night before he was to get married, he wanted one more piece but something happened and a floor collapsed, either under him or the floor above him. His fiance reported him missing and said he had gone to the demolition site. The demolition was stopped for weeks while they dug through the rubble, they found his body in the basement under all the rubble from the floors and debris. He was in his late 20s or early 30s as I remember. www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/18/story-cities-death-richard-nickel-guardian-chicago-heritage-architecture
Victorian Sculptures wow dude you are lucky then to be alive!! These NYC buildings are over 100 years old. I grew up in Long Island City and the building I lived in was built in the late 1800s. I now live closer to the Casinos in Queens by Ozone Park. Nice pictures!!
@@YoungHeartedSoul That wasnt the only time I had a close call but it was the closest! There was a dark hallway I was inching my way down and as I felt the floor ahead with my foot it suddenly contacted nothing- the floor was gone, it would have been very easy to fall thru that hole in the dark and wind up in the dark basement with no way out and no way to see anything.
I thought nothing of climbing up scaffold on the outside of demolitions, one was a 32 story building on Wall St, being demolished in 1975, the other was the Commodore hotel on 42nd st, in both cases I figured a security guard was inside watching tools, I only wanted the artifacts off the outside of the building and didn't care about the tools, so to avoid him I climbed up the scaffold to around 3 AM, 32 floors to the top!
Another building, on E13th st near Ave B had lost part of it's roof in a fire years before, so many that there was a 6" diameter TREE growing up thru the hole. I knew the floors would be rotten, and I tested on with the weight of a brick slid across- the brick went thru the floor like it was newspaper.
@@YoungHeartedSoul If they made those building livable you couldn't afford it.
I like that you didn't endlessly talk about 1000 possible things everything was some people overdue the commentary
Absolutely the best urbex I have ever seen. My heart is pounding.
The nature is taking it over and it makes the place even more beautiful
The quality of your content has really improved. Keep up the great work and I hope to see you make your way around the gems in central Florida again.
You guys should use face masks/respirators! So much mold and mildew in there. Great vid tho
Yes, mold should be the least of their worries. Although I’m an avid urban explorer and avid photographer, I am an environmental/toxic tort attorney by trade and can tell you people are still dying every day of mesothelioma due to asbestos exposures which occurred decades prior. There is a typical latency period of 30-40 years to develop the disease. Lead paint also an issue. Please take appropriate precautions.
@Royal Black I was thinking that as well there would lead in the paint, more asbestos than you could shake a stick at the dust would be extremely hazardous decent masks would be a must for these old places, gloves and decent boots recommended as well.
@Amy Sternheim And there is the reason nobody wants to mess with them. To much money to remove!
What about remnants of typhoid fever on the walls....like Corona.....you never know.
Asbestos wouldn’t be an issue, it is only dangerous if it is cut into/drilled etc, and the particles inhaled.
That is one grim place. Can't imagine it not being haunted.
I mean... it was a quarantine hospital, then veteran asylum, and then drug rehab facility. if ghosts exist, the ones there are definitely not very peaceful.
No kidding imagine if they tried to reuse these buildings, they'd probably be afraid to go into them to repurpose them.
It is suposed to be haunted. People have seen nurses walking around and there are claims that Mary Mallon (aka Typhoid Mary) haunts the hospital.
Time tell's a dark history..🕚💀
this place is always creepy when seen from the bruckner expressway
Is that the elevated part of the Bruckner expressway?
@@TONY-uc1ps yes, you can catch glimpses of north brother island and it looks so mysterious.
There are some stunning visuals in this explore that are beautiful and eerie at the same time.
Thank you for leaving in the parts where one of you almost gets hurt a few times. These dangers are very very real, and the reason I watch from home instead of exploring myself. Be safe out there, and keep doing what you do.
Glad to see you’re uploading again! This was crazy! I often wonder what it smells like in these places.
There is spiritual unrest there because of the suffering.
Sounds right
Most genuine and truthful observation on here.
no doubt. Haunted for sure
I herd people seeing thing in Hart island
Man finally went out and bought some boots. Keep up the great content, these take a lot of work and it shows
You guys are pretty brave. My heart stopped when you almost couldn't find a way out. Loved the video. It was put together well. That's what I call truly abandoned.
That was brilliant to see such seriously delapidated and creepy buildings that I would never go into myself. Loved it :)
What a creepy place that is! I became interested in the island after I saw it on a boat trip when I was in 5th grade. It's amazing how protected the island has been from vandalism, nature has literally taken over. It's interesting to see what happens when a building is left to the elements for 60 years with no maintenance.
I was so scared for you guys I’m glad you made it down and out of there safely!
Accidentally I found North Brother island while exploring New York on Google Earth, I decided to search in youtube for island videos and ended here.
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Same here lol
Me too. It's 9/7/2020 Sunday night/Monday morning at 3:03 am and I ran across North Brother Island while looking at the worst neighborhoods in NYC.
Awesome! Loved everything. Great music and editing too!
Damn THE SWA has really come up on the videos. You clearly put some work in
When you see planks going up old stairs. USE THE PLANKS! They spread the weight between all the steps.
What a waste of property and land, when there is so little space in new York and the sounding areas. Then you see these big brick and stone buildings just rotting... Just wrong!!!
Too expensive to clean up..Asbestos.
Even if they did, they would just turn it into studio apartments that people would pay $300,000,000.00 to live on a private NYC island.
i say keep it this way. humans don’t have to inhabit every square inch of this world.
Yes but nature has some place to go besides ferries would have to stop daily to take people to mainland and whatever to shop and go to work more isolation many people may not want
You filming is spot on. You show great angles and slow with panning around.
Much appreciated. The content was interestingly spooky.
Welcome back Matt! It’s been too long. Great work! Love the narration.
Ayyyy the big man himself is back, glad to have you back man.
21:21 that's what you get wandering around in abandoned buildings, lucky to have a mate to pull you out. I hope you bought him a drink.
Holy 💩
Nice job, and nice, steady camera work- Thanks for posting!
Yes he's back!!!!! Missed your content sonswa 👌
Screw that shady platform bro,you guys were lucky to get out of there safely.Awesome footage!Stay safe bro 👍👍
Matt, this is straight big league! Excellent!!!
You guys are brave, and that's what makes awesome explore videos!
MattSonswa, that was quite an adventure. Nice work! Thanks.
I love how there is absolutely NO graffiti or vandalism or litter in this place!!☺️
Because the average joes cant just walk out to the island. They would actually have to work and put forth effort to get on the island.
@@famousamoso7 very true brother! Lol
ua-cam.com/video/ONhVy2fvcyg/v-deo.html lil bit of graffiti at 7:43
Look closer. It's there.
Right near the red grill there is one piece of graffiti at 18:00.
holy shit Matt this is so good 🥺 so glad you're back & no one got hurt!
Bro ! Nice job on the editing, B ROLL and Cinematics. This is a dope ass video, just like the rest , but better. 🙌🏻💪🏻
Excellent! dangerous...was on the edge of my seat!!!
I believe the cage in the room was so the patients wouldn't burn themselves on the radiators either purposely or accidently.. Radiators got extremely hot and you could get disfigured even die from the burns.
That very well could be but I do not see the need for the chicken wire looking fencing (cage) to go from floor to ceiling? Not to mention a slot built into door? That's some serious restrainments. Very sad but the things pple had to deal with, I'd imagine your brain could play tricks, even to a healthy &/or sane person.
I really love your videos, nice work 🥺💕
What an awesome video. Great work!! Glad you both made it out safely! Great editing and great music!
Thank you for this! Glad you were safe.
Hands down the best abandoned area/building I've ever seen, its got everything!
Watching now, looks so creepy and very dangerous place.
I am so glad you don’t over talk your videos like most of the other guys. But a little more explanation on this one would have been great. This was a cool find.
I did demolish ion in NYC on bigger buildings , when ya's tried going down , I would've slid down the bannister, they usually support the steps and where there's water damage like that walk as far right or left of a step , never in the middle , Great Video and Good Luck 👍😎
First time on your channel and I must say I'm impressed with the Cinematography. Crematorium was Erie!. Keep up the great work,.. Mitch in Nevada
The fact that the city hasn't sold it to some private developer makes me think someone in the government is maybe hiding something.
Yup. I'm sure a developer, just a very wealthy individual would love to buy this island.
Welcome back! Missed ya man.
That was a fantastic video guys. Urban exploration videos are pretty much the same these days. I’m too old to do it myself and live half a world away from you , so I thought I’d give you a go even though the video was lengthy. I was enthralled. Don’t know where the time went. You’ve won me as a subscriber. Thanks guys. I’ll start to watch the rest of your work now.
wow....to see that there were cages in some of the rooms, that must’ve been awful. amazing work matt!
Dude! Absolutely awesome!!
Always look forward to your uploads!
I really enjoyed this documentary. Great footage!
WOW awesome video and the music was great and really added alot of emotion to the view of this sad forgotten place. Stay safe
Awe been nice seeing this videos feels so emotional, hi there how are you doing with your family I do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Legend says that Colonel Sanders is still looking for Matt...
Whaat?
Yea him and Captain crunch
@@erwinrommel7008 Matt who?
@@chaosdemonwolf1 hell i don't. Know. I'm confuzed
@@erwinrommel7008 So am I. I did too much acid back in the 70's -80's, lmao
Great video this, I came to see rikers island documentary, and this was way more I was looking for. Thank you for this. Just subbed
I love that you didn't talk through the WHOLE video, you just let us see it. Very well done, thank you.
Amazing Video, TY For The Walk. I Hadn't Heard Of This Location Until Now! Today, if any Bronx adventurer wants to visit North or South Brother Island, they'll probably have to find a Parks Department-approved scientist with spare room in their kayak. ... While North Brother Island has been uninhabited since 1963, only a scarce few have seen South Brother Island's light of day since 1909.
General Slocum paddle wheel steamer ran aground there 1904 read book Ship Ablaze can purchase on Amazon
Stay safe when you explore!!! Love your videos man
hey matt, it's nice to see you again. I'm new to your channel dude. I like your videos thanks for sharing.
Yoooo this was so good. I feel like the weather was perfect to help with The moody atmosphere that combined with your music was so enjoyable. Something about the absolute lushness of the overgrowth and the greenery- so captivating… this was sick.
That was fascinating! Thank you
God the whole end where they're looking for an exit gave me anxiety
Whew...me too. Can you imagine being trapped there as it got dark. Ugghh.
Your at home shut up
Omy Lord ... That scared me and gave me the Willies when y'all got stuck for a while about 6 stories up. That was fricken scary! Lol. So glad y'all made it down. You took your chances on that catwalk. Y'all are brave.
YIKES when u turn that corner @ 20:13 I thought I was looking at a creepy enlarged pic.
GREAT VID. Great work! This isn't my 1st time watching, thats how much I enjoyed it.
All I'm thinking is "how many ticks do these people get a year?"
Probably none it's near the city it's not an actual Forrest I doubt there is any wild life there other than tiny criters
Universal Powder no there’s entire ecosystems there, especially birds
Universal Powder cities have ticks too, it’s carried by birds mostly and other wildlife
Dammit y'all scared me @ 22:00. Wtf? Stuck up there...hell no. Bad azz video. Glad no one got hurt✌
I nearly had a heart attack at 25:10 when they proceeded to go down the stairs, especially after seeing stairs collapse earlier. I hope they are a bit more careful next time.
Wow what a morbid but fascinating place, with a lot of interesting history, a lot of changes, loved the intro into the history of the island. I love these kind of places. Thank you so much for this awesome video, you literally risked your lives for this. Stay safe guys (UK)
The Legend himself has returned! 🙌
Amazing footage. Thanks. Glad you guys didn't get hurt! One thing, though: the drug rehab centre opened in the 50s and closed in 1963. The 80s and 90s only figure in the story in the 1880s and 1890s. 1963 was the end of the island's official life. Such a waste. The island has fantastic potential.
Dude my heart was pounding towards the end of this video. Glad y’all got out safe. 😅 great work on the video
Glad to see your Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The island was abandoned in 1963. Excellent video.
I heard about this Island a long time ago when I read a book about the archipelago of New York City. Great history of this place. When you go to explore places like these please where a facemask because these places have mildew and mold.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO
Thank you so much for the tour! I'm happy you made it out in one piece. I betcha there's a valuable big book in the pile, I wish I was there with you.
Awesome video, Matt! Never knew this place once existed. Hope you weren't wearing your flip flops through all that mess! 😂
Wish you had looked at some of the books! I would have loved to see what they read.
Naomi Sims they probly read bibles or other books
@@firstmanproductions8714 You're probably right; lots of people read bibles and/or other books.
Man, that place is in sad shape. They must've had one massive boiler room though, burning tons and tons of coal, to keep all those radiators going in that huge place during the NY winters. Wow! Fascinating video. Well done!
Amazed at how pristine some of the exterior brick is. Great video!!
I got anxiety watching this on top of my quarantine anxiety!
Like O.M.G