New York's abandoned island - BBC News

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  • @kevinmccarthy4794
    @kevinmccarthy4794 10 років тому +33

    True artist and poet. Thanks for this. It's a wonder nobody ever tried to squat there in all them years, seeing as New York is such a big city and expensive too. Fascinating

  • @synanonnst
    @synanonnst 7 років тому +45

    I was on brother island in the 1960s in a youth house we used to walk to the abandoned Hospital and wander around in it and all the stuff was there Gurney's carts beds chairs it was like the people vanished

    • @yollie354pollie8
      @yollie354pollie8 5 років тому +3

      and they did this mystery will now be solved and the Government and all its affiliates will be held accountable for their ways and actions toward the less desirables and the many MURDERS that were covered up here

    • @shorelinesupport
      @shorelinesupport 5 років тому

      Nevermind. I looked you up. you're dead.

    • @historywithjoshua1112
      @historywithjoshua1112 4 роки тому +1

      Susann Thomas is it Hunted

  • @phyllissnook
    @phyllissnook 6 років тому +8

    Wonderful video; spoken with a soft voice and quite clear I might add! Thank you from a former New Yorker!

  • @whotfisBriX
    @whotfisBriX 7 років тому +7

    I hope they never rid of or restore this island. The way it's naturally decaying and being taken over by nature is beautiful. I'd love to visit.

  • @briankoerber9625
    @briankoerber9625 10 років тому +37

    I wish the video had mentioned that North Brother Island is a bird sanctuary now.

  • @thomaspotemciano
    @thomaspotemciano 10 років тому +53

    It would be great for a set of zombie movie

  • @redrockinrobin700
    @redrockinrobin700 10 років тому +4

    Absolutely fascinating, and hauntingly beautiful.

  • @susannechakan4939
    @susannechakan4939 7 років тому +10

    Thank you for posting these incredible photos and telling us this story of North Brother Island. I know this island and always wondered if it had a name and how I could get to walk through there. I even called NYC parks and they said there was no way I could get on that island. I saw a documentary on what the earth would look like if we humans were gone, Maybe it was the one you were speaking about...

    • @JohnSmith-st6dw
      @JohnSmith-st6dw 4 роки тому +1

      susanne chakan Buill, I went out there with my friends when I lived in the so. Bronx took the ferry from Locust ave.

    • @TheJodilicious6
      @TheJodilicious6 2 роки тому

      Me too!!!!! I always wondered the name and wanted to go on it. I was curious to explore it and wonder it's story

    • @prazofficial
      @prazofficial 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheJodilicious6 Its not to late to go on it. I'd go soon before it gets destroyed.

    • @TheJodilicious6
      @TheJodilicious6 2 роки тому

      @@prazofficial 👍🙌

  • @bukster1
    @bukster1 5 років тому +3

    That's a lot of books and 1:05 I wonder what their titles were?

  • @heathweather5995
    @heathweather5995 10 років тому +51

    The Last of Us.

  • @bklynsummer
    @bklynsummer 6 років тому +4

    I can see it from the FDR and I'm always curious about it. I would love it they opened it up...

  • @jukujuku6153
    @jukujuku6153 7 років тому +19

    I accidentally found this place on Google Earth, it's so interesting.

  • @thomasschwarting5108
    @thomasschwarting5108 2 роки тому +3

    LOVE THE HISTORY!!

  • @tarantulaguy1998
    @tarantulaguy1998 8 років тому +4

    I've read that book he mentioned, The World Without Us. If you're fascinated by places like these, it's definitely worth a read.

  • @lkwdbbw85
    @lkwdbbw85 10 років тому +22

    For all the homeless there why cant that island be restored and be made self sufficient again???

    • @jesseswildrides1231
      @jesseswildrides1231 9 років тому +3

      It would take way too much money... Most of the buildings are damaged beyond repair at this point

    • @iReXx500
      @iReXx500 9 років тому +1

      +jesseswildrides1231 Plowing them all down and using less scarce materials wouldn't be too bad financial wise. It's just the fact that too many people may be against it, due to its history.

    • @lkwdbbw85
      @lkwdbbw85 9 років тому +4

      So repair what can be repaired demolish what can be demolished... At least give the island a new chance and some homeless a place of their own

    • @iReXx500
      @iReXx500 9 років тому

      Holly Hubert I doubt they'll find much to repair. With as far as it has been deteriorating, it'll save them a lot of time just to clear it off for a new foundation and start over. Now unless they can make it spotless because who knows what kind of dangerous threats are in there, I say demolish it and start clean.

    • @Jackle61
      @Jackle61 9 років тому +1

      +Holly Hubert It never said it was self sufficient. I'm sure you could put up some wind generators for power, but you couldn't grow crops year round. You would have to have supply boats for food, medicine, etc., or you could just put a Wal-Mart there and let them worry about it. They would also need a ferry or sea taxi service for the occupants to get to work/go to the "main land". I'm surprised Trump hasn't snatched it up cheap.

  • @tinanova9717
    @tinanova9717 9 років тому +1

    Amazing place...beautiful photography..

  • @awhimsicalberry
    @awhimsicalberry 10 років тому +10

    Someone should make a movie out of it or write a novel. That'd be a great topic for creative writing or fiction of any kind. Very interesting video. Thanks for uploading.

  • @SJM6791
    @SJM6791 2 роки тому +1

    It’s a shame that beautiful buildings like this are abandoned to rot. Remember these buildings the next time a politician comes to you wanting to raise taxes to take care of the homeless.

  • @joerobbins6318
    @joerobbins6318 4 роки тому +1

    True all things must pass and fade away , I can imagine the people who lived thr at one time and how short our life truly is

  • @noticestudios
    @noticestudios 4 роки тому +3

    We are trying to get to this island to film a documentary as well

    • @charlesmullenax4448
      @charlesmullenax4448 4 роки тому +1

      I would like to see that. Hart Island could use some love too.

  • @American2715
    @American2715 10 років тому +9

    Reminds me of I Am Legend

  • @Yeroen
    @Yeroen 10 років тому +2

    Beautiful place.

  • @user-qr2tf8vl4k
    @user-qr2tf8vl4k 4 роки тому

    So much history. Would love to go through it all

  • @ve2vfd
    @ve2vfd 10 років тому +3

    I'm surprised ***** doesn't have a "walk around" street view available of this island. It would be quite interesting.

  • @PeopleCanFly23
    @PeopleCanFly23 10 років тому +6

    Go to Pripyat

  • @JuanZavaleta
    @JuanZavaleta 10 років тому +1

    wonderful article!

  • @TsarOfRuss
    @TsarOfRuss 8 років тому +7

    Well, since its abandoned, can i build a CABIN there?

  • @vagslayer1999
    @vagslayer1999 10 років тому +66

    This man is a gentlemen and a scholar. I tip my fedora to that intellectual man and I bid him well. I hope that he too, someday discovers the true beauty of what reddit bestows to mankind.

    • @a.b.__iii
      @a.b.__iii 5 років тому

      Guy Fieri Fedora feast

  • @beckyhewitt678
    @beckyhewitt678 4 роки тому

    What beautiful pictures such a amazing look at the past but yet creepy

  • @Too_Tall_64
    @Too_Tall_64 10 років тому +1

    Setting for a survival horror game?
    Just minutes from the shores of New York
    Help just out of arms reach...
    The inhabitants left this island years ago...
    But...
    not all of them...
    your screams fade into mesh of cars and idle chatter filling the air over the water.
    Your pleas for sanctuary go unheard.
    And only you can hear them breathing as they hunt you down...

  • @webkemr
    @webkemr 10 років тому +5

    That bush in the middle of the photo looks like skull 2:46

  • @elizabethvasquez1024
    @elizabethvasquez1024 6 років тому +1

    Amazing

  • @SuperToastytoast
    @SuperToastytoast 9 років тому +2

    well said

  • @AreU1too
    @AreU1too 9 років тому

    Your photos are fantastic!

  • @nickmad887
    @nickmad887 9 років тому +1

    good job

  • @primiitiv
    @primiitiv 8 років тому +3

    I want to go, I wonder how u get there though

    • @Slayerrrrrr
      @Slayerrrrrr 8 років тому +2

      Hmm I don't know, maybe by boat? Just a thought.

    • @patcholi3201
      @patcholi3201 8 років тому

      boat

    • @anthonykago4428
      @anthonykago4428 7 років тому

      Patrick T did you ever get to go. if not let me know I'd like to tag along.

    • @Deerector
      @Deerector 6 років тому

      Anthony Kago I’m gonna go this summer for sure

    • @Sethy948
      @Sethy948 6 років тому

      Swim

  • @mikepierce1724
    @mikepierce1724 2 роки тому

    What a place to build rehab and homeless place plenty of room. Alot of brick buildings can be fixed . Lawrence mass old factory vacant long time now all new inside

  • @AndresStein-y8l
    @AndresStein-y8l 8 місяців тому

    EXCELENT !

  • @claudeleason
    @claudeleason 10 років тому +3

    make this island into the most stunning botanic reserve!

  • @monstermacarooner
    @monstermacarooner 10 років тому

    Whats the book called? The world of Atlas? I tried looking it up but i cant seem to find it !

  • @claytonstadler6309
    @claytonstadler6309 5 років тому

    I'm interested in the place in NYC please let me know more details

  • @marcostirado1730
    @marcostirado1730 10 років тому

    which is the book that names the minute 2:22?

  • @sushison2944
    @sushison2944 6 років тому

    Just out of curiosity how would attain access to this interesting place?

  • @brettholt6277
    @brettholt6277 6 років тому +2

    You can thank Pioneers like “Dr. Winthrop N Davey” for preventing outbreaks of TB...

  • @Sherdderworld
    @Sherdderworld 10 років тому +1

    Why was it closed down

  • @sbstnpofadder
    @sbstnpofadder 8 років тому +1

    iNCREDIBLE

  • @PurpleMintSam
    @PurpleMintSam 8 років тому +2

    Say hi to Garol for me

    • @morgengabe1
      @morgengabe1 8 років тому

      loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • @aimee2014
    @aimee2014 4 роки тому

    Wow! Unbelievable! So interesting what a great job

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee 10 років тому +2

    Why not turn it into somewhere for people to live and put on a small ferry service to from there to the mainland each day? Seems a waste of space when so many are homeless and so forth.

  • @1hard2findbro
    @1hard2findbro 8 років тому +10

    I would so buy this property and get those developers from dubai to rebuild it!

  • @MrClassified666
    @MrClassified666 10 років тому +6

    Do not be mistaken. The damage that has been done to nature is not 're-taken quickly'.

  • @MarianaSchatte
    @MarianaSchatte 10 років тому

    Who did the music?

  • @poppybell8217
    @poppybell8217 4 роки тому

    That's how it feels on Angel Island!

  • @melo7591
    @melo7591 4 роки тому +1

    Wouldn’t mind being on that island with this corona going around

  • @drparnassus2867
    @drparnassus2867 7 років тому +2

    Is it the Brits bringing disease to America in that cartoon at 0:34? That looks like the Union Jack.

  • @ericfaist5191
    @ericfaist5191 6 років тому +1

    Why can't they redevelop the island!

  • @farihaaynoon3550
    @farihaaynoon3550 7 років тому

    Wow unbelievable

  • @googleiscensorship34
    @googleiscensorship34 10 років тому

    Why did nobody squat it regarding the real estate prices in Manhattan?

    • @briankoerber9625
      @briankoerber9625 10 років тому +1

      Bird sanctuary.

    • @googleiscensorship34
      @googleiscensorship34 10 років тому

      Brian Koerber
      Since when do squatters care for sparrows?"!

    • @briankoerber9625
      @briankoerber9625 10 років тому +3

      Google+ is Censorship You can only get there by boat, so if you're too poor for a home, you're probably too poor for a boat.
      Not to mention Rikers Island is extremely close, so the island is heavily monitored.

  • @SebbieH01
    @SebbieH01 9 років тому +2

    Why is it abandoned

  • @nothingbutthebest513
    @nothingbutthebest513 10 років тому

    How do you decontaminate an island?

  • @ellerandazzo1500
    @ellerandazzo1500 7 років тому

    That is fabulous real estate

  • @felixliang7558
    @felixliang7558 7 років тому

    Song name?

  • @rejinair1
    @rejinair1 Рік тому

    I want to go an expedition here ...

  • @pharcyde4943
    @pharcyde4943 5 років тому +2

    I feel for the FOLKS BURIED THERE AND THE DOC GRAVES AT HART ISLAND!
    I HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH OUR SOC UNITS FROM MANHATTAN .

  • @floorteen694
    @floorteen694 7 років тому

    The sixth burrow?

  • @weepingod
    @weepingod 10 років тому +2

    they shud rent it out for holloween parties

  • @413MB
    @413MB 10 років тому

    It be cool if they rebuilt that place

  • @Jonipoon
    @Jonipoon 5 років тому +1

    I'm just waiting for Joel and Ellie to pop out behind a tree.

  • @semiramisbonaparte1627
    @semiramisbonaparte1627 5 років тому

    :58 ...WAIT IS THIS A GOLEM SPEAKING?? WHATS THE "BRANDING" ON HIS FOREHEAD??? HELL NAW

  • @LuckyMx131
    @LuckyMx131 10 років тому

    If you want to see what a dystopian future looks like, just go there.

  • @johncamacho8571
    @johncamacho8571 5 років тому

    Are they talking about Welfare Island?

  • @BrandonRamirezJ
    @BrandonRamirezJ 7 років тому +1

    Ok but he's beautiful..

  • @yuubokumin415
    @yuubokumin415 10 років тому +1

    Terrible city planning.

  • @KatLop00
    @KatLop00 8 років тому

    I want to go!!!

  • @robertg305
    @robertg305 5 років тому

    I wanna go

  • @Brandonhayhew
    @Brandonhayhew 2 роки тому

    This small island old building, it should be demolished and make a new buildings

  • @TheDiamond123123
    @TheDiamond123123 10 років тому +6

    I think I'll visit that place every christmas and easter to play some ouija board.

  • @UNKNOWN-up4wr
    @UNKNOWN-up4wr 7 років тому +6

    this place is definitely haunted

  • @tristanbach7852
    @tristanbach7852 10 років тому

    They should film Silent Hill 3 here.

  • @b00mjams
    @b00mjams Місяць тому

    my man, Genny Creame Ale

  • @Mosshroom
    @Mosshroom 10 років тому

    Why is this island not made into a prison?

  • @smilerpie1
    @smilerpie1 6 років тому

    Does that guy's hat say Genesee Cream Ale?

  • @veilside33
    @veilside33 10 років тому +2

    These photos remind me of The Walking Dead.

  • @malum.2480
    @malum.2480 8 років тому +1

    I heard that vampires reside there...

  • @alexsithavongphone8224
    @alexsithavongphone8224 10 років тому

    Isnt this island haunted?

  • @rosephoenix4634
    @rosephoenix4634 4 роки тому +1

    The I-10 it could be a very abandoned at a of this used to be a hospital that are many people that are symptoms or sickness that emit treat them over too good of it to stay healthy and stronger and to go get back for their feet that are of the affair better but since times are already passed already. The items they are banded today and sometimes that's some items that are up there could be like not to trespass in it right there because sometimes the item it could be carryover darkest secrets are not sharing into the light from others or anyone because sometimes that well only time will tell. That may need buildings and other things going to be like disappear forever there will be no more over to remember that a how it is became how did they started and how this being a functional data well the beginning of to be a belt finish and what faith of the future will be hoped of this abandoned I me because sometimes that is just the item but if this then that it could be transformed over to a hospital like a emergency it could be like a mini of equipment supplies patients animated people sick to come to the island and that their treat them very good then everyone is going to be fair to feel better because everyone should know that already but sometimes. Of well everything it is must be like for the green paper it is the same time that out of a green paper is not going to be like approve or something else because it's going to be like flushing in the toilet seat sorry everyone because sometimes you need to know is the truth about it because sometimes that well going to be what's happening next and time will tell

  • @Betoellado88
    @Betoellado88 6 місяців тому

    I heard there a ghost there who trap you there forever

  • @Travis-guy-247
    @Travis-guy-247 10 років тому +1

    10/10 would shoot The Walking Dead there.

  • @xelda55566
    @xelda55566 10 років тому

    This would be an awesome place for a zombie apocalypse scene

  • @e21big
    @e21big 10 років тому +1

    haunted

  • @latejanaurbana1589
    @latejanaurbana1589 4 роки тому

    North Brother Islsnd

  • @carlo9524
    @carlo9524 3 роки тому +1

    Time to make it a quarantine facility again.

  • @sharralynnpiercewoolworth6358
    @sharralynnpiercewoolworth6358 5 років тому

    And before the li bs e start in , I am referring to the strain of T B that is treatment resistant!

  • @desnmags
    @desnmags 10 років тому

    put it on ebay.....

  • @tylersmalley292
    @tylersmalley292 5 років тому

    this is not her earth

  • @vinbandanna9410
    @vinbandanna9410 8 місяців тому

    Umm your pictures aren’t accurate at all

  • @inachu
    @inachu 10 років тому +2

    If I had the money of Bill Gates I would update that theater at least and turn it into a meeting room for tech giants or something.

  • @michaeljmasseri973
    @michaeljmasseri973 4 роки тому +1

    Why don't we just start using them for the coronavirus patients LOL I mean it's only less than half a percent of the United States population. More people die in automobile accidents than from the Coronavirus but we don't stop driving do we?

  • @vegaalfaro5
    @vegaalfaro5 7 місяців тому

    ¿Porque no les dan ese terreno a los migrantes?

  • @Thetruth-hr6rt
    @Thetruth-hr6rt 5 років тому

    Biology always wins.