Riverside Hospital

North Brother Island-Riverside Hospital

“ Of all the forgotten and mysterious places in the Five Boroughs of New York City, few have histories as rich and interesting as that of North Brother Island. Situated in the Hell Gate, a particularly treacherous stretch of the East River, North Brother was home to the quarantine hospital that housed Typhoid Mary, was the final destination of the General Slocum during its tragic final voyage, and was the site of an experimental drug treatment program which failed due to corruption. Riverside Hospital ...

That folks is a specter The exam table in the morgue. Note that this was not the autopsy table, which would have been a single-piece lipped table with sluices for the blood to drain. Sadly, this artifact was removed from the island in late 2008. "The exam table in the morgue. Note that this was not the autopsy table ... ."  Whoa!  I know it can't be, but this, obviously, came immediately to mind.  *shiver* Place gives me the heebie-jeebies.  Amazing that this is NYC.  Lots of pictures, and a good narrative.  Typhoid Mary.  Whew.