North Brother Island, Bronx, New York

North Brother Island is a small islands 20 acres (8. 1 ha) located in New York City s East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. The island was uninhabited until 1885, when Riverside Hospital moved there from Blackwell s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. Riverside Hospital was founded in the 1850s as the Smallpox Hospital to treat and isolate victims of that disease. Its mission eventually expanded to other quarantinable diseases. The island housed the Riverside Hospital from 18811943, WWII vete