Riverside Hospital, NY
From Asylum Projects
| Riverside Hospital | |
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| Established | 1885 |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Current Status | Closed |
| Location | North Brother Island, NY |
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History[edit]
Riverside State Hospital, or North Brother Island as it is commonly known, was uninhibited until 1885 when the city of New York purchased the Island to construct a quarantine hospital for people with diseases that included smallpox, typhoid, polio, measles, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. Many patients from the Renwick Small Pox Hospital were relocated to North brother Island.
