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15. North Brother Island – New York
You may be surprised to learn that this small island is in New York City, right between the Bronx and Queens. Like Poveglia Island, North Brother Island has been home to many unfortunate events. It was a quarantine hospital starting in the 1880s, but in 1905 one of the city’s greatest tragedies occurred there. A steamship caught fire near the island, killing over 1,000 people. In 1963 the island was abandoned, and it’s now off limits, being reclaimed by nature.