Why New York's North Brother Island is Totally Forbidden

[@ITSHISTORY]

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[@seanmorris440]

Stop promoting spyware, please

[@wolfic10]

Hey Ryan by chance could you look into and or maybe do an episode on Gatlinburg Tennessee’s space needle/ ufo tower???

[@HankPanky]

With the value of NY real estate today I'm surprised they don't develop it.

[@michaelwhite2823]

I don't want to swim to work in the winter.

[@sugarpuddin]

Because those islands are leased to several competing and fraudulent bureaucracies. I lived on Roosevelt island. It's mafia like behavior by various government bureaucracies that prevents their development

[@lukeamato423]

@@HankPanky 💯

[@tylerhergott3893]

The only way to the island is by boat.

[@Teeveepicksures]

​@@michaelwhite2823 Water taxis are a thing. Boston and NYC have them.

[@rirkc]

11:18 Lavalle's novel is not "The Challenging," but "The Changeling."

[@seltonk5136]

@@rirkc he doesn't care, appai

[@rirkc]

@@seltonk5136 😆

[@jofus521]

Was just about to comment the same. Lol

[@Cape-Dweller]

The Broad City episode sure doesn’t look like “Twinning Day”

[@Nick-jf7ku]

Its not Forbidden at all its private property nothing more. it was up for sale about 6 years for just under 200k its just abandoned is all getting materials over there to build anything is a pain in the ass.

[@HughJassole123]

It's funny that people get permits to go there. My family has had a picnic on the island every summer since the late 80's. We've never been caught and we aren't trying to be inconspicuous.

[@smedleybutler1969]

Shhhh you have a big mouth!

[@skfh3]

Haha yeah I've been there almost a dozen times

[@ACoolKidsProduction]

I've definitely seen photos by urbexers who went there illegally.

[@KamalaIsTrash]

I guess if you own a boat it is easy to go there. But you never know who m9ight have the same idea at the same time.

[@KamalaIsTrash]

Did you ever run into Typhoid Mary over there?

[@benbrogan5513]

That would be a great place for a castle.

[@docsavage8640]

Or a prison

[@a62dave]

11:02 Twaining, not twinning 11:18 Changeling, not Challenging.

[@raphlvlogs271]

green spaces for wild life in urban areas are important they can even prevent extinctions

[@1208bug]

"Totally Forbidden" but "Not off limits"?🙃

[@ian_menendez]

I went there this year. Quite cool. Went by kayak on my own. Made a video of the adventure, it's in Spanish though :)

[@arfriedman4577]

I tried to look for your video with your name. Can't find.

[@johnbayliss1098]

I would also love to see your video if possible thank you

[@ian_menendez]

@@johnbayliss1098 I can't post anything related to it in the comments. But search it it's fairly easy to find

[@JohnFarrell-jo2sw]

Would make a great place for a house you have the city right next door yet it’s like living in the woods

[@carringtonpageiv6210]

That house would probably be such a target for crime. Better to build a condo with security.

[@docsavage8640]

Better yet if you have that kind of money get the hell out of NYC

[@MI-wc6nk]

Note that time stamps seem to be off. keep up the great work!

[@Bernd69420]

“Forbidden brother island” sounds like the name of a hentai

[@WinkelManBearPig]

I love the videos Ryan, keep up the great work!

[@Chips2323]

Happy Thanksgiving Professor Socash, hope you had a great day...

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

I always enjoy your videos. Whenever I see one, I watch it. Well done. This, as the others are, excellent!

[@ratgirl13]

What’s the name of the little island next to the one featured here in the video? What’s the story of that one? Just curious.

[@EmilioG9393]

@@ratgirl13 It’s a bird sanctuary and humans are also not allowed

[@ra0929]

South Brother Island

[@nicolasrose3064]

Little St.Septictank....

[@loveislove4879]

I bet it is heavily haunted due to all the deaths when it was a quarantine hospital. I'd love to see paranormal investigations carried out there! 😮

[@DistracticusPrime]

Where Ghost Hunters fear to tread... unless they buy a permit.

[@jeltoninc.8542]

You can’t just take a small boat to it at night and hide? Seems like an easy place to get to.

[@welfare_baybee]

Of course you can

[@Mr.A_nyc]

People do.

[@existinginaspace8347]

You litterally can there's plenty of people who do it. Just go out with a zodiac and turn your lights off when you get close. ( Scout it out in daytime first ) Once your on shore pull the inflatable up and cover it up. Assuming a mass swarm of bird don't get spooked up. You could very easily settup a camp of sorts.

[@Ro6entX]

This island sounds like a family adventure place compared to Poveglia Island off Italy. Once a quarantine station for plaque, insane asylum, something else but can’t remember which but has seen lot of death, which rumored to have mass graves and hauntings. Supposedly it was bought out and to have businesses built there but nothing yet; probably not going to pan out though.

[@muziktrkr]

It makes sense to open this up for tours like what they’ve done with Hart Island. They could just combine it all into one tour.

[@ronniecarter9688]

10:20 almost looks like a skull without the jaw bone

[@Catten_whisperer]

You’d think it would be overrun with homeless camping

[@ACoolKidsProduction]

Takes way too much effort to get there and back.

[@bec5250]

What beautiful old buildings.

[@kennyrichetti2197]

The island should transform into a park it would be a good unique experience

[@racoming1035]

I used to kayak out there and walk around. It's just private property so you can be trespassed.

[@spddiesel]

The name implies the existence of a South Brother Island, is that the little one you see in the drone shot?

[@iamsarahtonin]

Its a shame it wasn't used to quarantine Covid patients at the height of the pandemic. A lot of lives could have been saved. Fascinating video!x

[@michaelwhite2823]

I thought that roosevelt island was the medical quarrantine island?

[@ra0929]

They were, along with Wards (Randalls) Island

[@SusieDaw-ix6pv]

Nope. Love island, same thing, nope. And leave the dead to the dead, it's no place for the living.

[@existinginaspace8347]

People have died everywhere.

[@jameskarins1717]

If they didn't lock those teenage heroin addicts in their rooms during detox i guarantee some would have tried to swim off the island to the Bronx

[@docsavage8640]

Who cares

[@nicolasrose3064]

​@@docsavage8640 Shove 'm into traffic... No...? Oh alright, I'll get my Coat...... sorry....

[@andrewfischer8564]

i have a small boat near there ive wanted to stop forever.. im going to one of these days.

[@Listersmate2]

Are there claims that North Brother Island is haunted?

[@gmanette188]

Thank you

[@MooseBme]

Cool,THANKS!

[@betoasaber24]

The guys waking around on that video clip didn't look academic to me. More like some curious bros about to crack a cold one open. Anyways... As always, awesome video! Thank you ☺️

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

7:03 is that a Tesla tower?. Cool share thanks!.

[@wolfic10]

Would look that way but idk i doubt it. 😂 good eye tho

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

i think a small portion should be cordoned off and maintained as a park with education about the animals who rely on it, and the rest protected wildlife space. It would give us the benefits of allowing visitors without greatly compromising the home of the colonial wading birds. The human interaction with it would help with awareness of the wildlife and interest in protecting it. Let people with too much money buy little plaques at the park and use the money for upkeep.

[@MrSloika]

Vampires. Google, "North Brother Island Vampire colony".

[@phylliselizahb1041]

There's s'one who kayaks the waterways around NYC. He's visited a lotta islands like this 1.

[@jamesmerrill1023]

I've heard stories that it was used for labs because they are studying viruses there... Or maybe I'm thinking of a different close island.

[@k3digichaos]

@@jamesmerrill1023 Plum Island I believe you’re referring to

[@michaelhowell2326]

​@@k3digichaos or anthrax Island, or is that in Britain? I remember Clarice tries to trick Hannibal Lector that he could have a "vacation" on Anthrax island if he agreed to help.

[@thoughtengine]

@@michaelhowell2326 It's in Gruinard Bay, Scotland.

[@joannc147]

@@k3digichaos yes, it’s Plum Island.

[@smedleybutler1969]

Plum Island its off Montauk Point! I take my boat over there they will sell you chickens for a dollar a pound once they are done with them!

[@edsel762]

Love your videos. One of the best you tube channels.

[@99somerville]

Typical of the city. The buildings were operational until 1963 and instead of doing something with them, they were left to rot. What a waste of taxpayers money.

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

3:52 isn't that Typhoid Mary in the foreground?

[@nickp1370]

2:40 One of the captions for this video says "Navigational AIDS"... Just wanted to point that out. Sometimes the caption mistakes are hilarious... 😮😂

[@Josh-yr7gd]

I noticed that also.

[@seltonk5136]

Dude needs a dunce cap. There's about a dozen mistakes a middle schooler could pick out

[@joannc147]

Navigation Aids refer to the buoys and lighthouses - these are numbered markers for mariners. Nav Aids keep you in safe waters!

[@Godzillajeff]

Fascinating. Thank you. Live in NYC 40, never knew this. Great job. And while many NYC agencies are terrible, the Parks Department does a fantastic job. Thank you. Leave it for the birds and nature, and keep people away!!!! Jeff the Gringoman from Cypress Hills Brooklyn. ❤

[@jedgarren2901]

The REAL Shutter Island

[@seththebeatmxchine]

Bro you gotta go in and fix that at the end, it's the changeling not challenging

[@tomfournier4941]

The island has a skull 💀 shape to it when seen from above.

[@RobertodelaVega-t3w]

It's privately owned, A Good Developer can transform it into a mixed-use island of luxury-rise condos with middle-class units. access would be by Ferry's which already provide service to the area as well as building a Marina for Yachts.

[@thoughtengine]

A truly good developer would make something useful there, though.

[@smedleybutler1969]

its a protected bird sanctuary thats why you cannot build anything on the island!

[@oceania68]

I figured that was where they confined Typhoid Mary..

[@23431]

@it’shistory Happy Thanksgiving Ryan

[@VitZ9]

I wonder, is this island and its hospital, possibly the inspiration for Arkham Asylum in Batman?

[@mikescholz6429]

Sounds just like Boblo island.

[@gordoeinstein]

Imagine a government that forces quarantine of people who do not exhibit symptoms of illness or disease.

[@Davanthall]

Imagine if you had an actual brain and understood that not having the symptoms of a virus is not a guarantee that you're not carrying the virus and are thus perfectly capable of spreading it to other people even if YOU'RE not the one getting sick from it.

[@urmamasmamasmama]

@@Davanthall like Typhoid Mary

[@Josh-yr7gd]

Sounds like covid. History repeated itself and many people fell for it.

[@deliveryguy7402]

​@@Davanthalloh hell another democrat!

[@deliveryguy7402]

Oh wait. Didn't they try that last couple of years?

[@ryananderson8511]

Couldn’t they use north Brother Island as somewhere for homeless people and then rehabilitation into society

[@Ben-b9h1f]

Maybe get a kayak and get some affordable camping for the poor folks. Maybe you solve some problems on accident

[@wapartist]

Id like to camp there

[@DanB3286]

Was this what shutter island was based on

[@crono_8398]

Whats up with the little island next to it. Is it south bro island?

[@SamMcKinley]

South Brother too??

[@Deanothefordtech]

The oak island of all ghost hunting locations..... if only

[@modrak]

Shutter Island IRL 🕵🏻‍♂️

[@asasupplies8749]

Im building my house and food forest there. I bought the island.

[@rhealabrum9275]

So not mutch has changed in regards to Healthcare in America

[@Martin48964]

Similar to Alcatraz.

[@fordsmobile1672]

I’m pretty sure this is where you go to pick up your neighbors package when you weren’t home to sign for it.

[@ronaldckrausejr7762]

There’s an idea for NYC homeless housing. Have then work labor clear it out and build enough housing for then thousand people.

[@yardarm5]

. wondering if a huckleberry raft cat would live happily 😂❤

[@CR-xu2mw]

Broad City!!

[@MK-rt2gm]

We humans are so wasteful. My God why not figure out a way to build housing. So many billionaires who could do philanthropic endeavors.

[@thoughtengine]

We know ways to build housing. What are you talking about?

[@joywebster2678]

Change- ling

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Aliens live on Brothers Island NYC

[@MTM358]

Made famous by Broad City

[@tomjones2056]

For the 3 ppl who watched that show I guess

[@seltonk5136]

Didn't even make it's actors famous

[@TrineDaely]

Never thought of a morgue as an amenity.

[@hed1fsu]

Imma buy it, and spend my remaining yrs keeping pesky kids off of it haha. Ghost costumes and all.

[@justcallmedots8339]

i use opera GX.. and love it!

[@smallfry1463]

Think we can all agree marry was a bit of an asshole and she did it to herself. I mean she had an out but noooo she was right back to her shenanigans.

[@jeremywildrick-cole8373]

People can only go there with a solid academic or scientific focus… unless it’s a film crew soooo that’s clearly BS

[@J.A.Smith2397]

O brothers island

[@YAHSHAYA777]

How many Bronx native and I remember seeing that all the time while I drive by and I was wondering what the hell was that thank you for clarifying

[@TonysMusic1974]

11:18 You really need to pay someone to edit these. How to you pronounce "Changeling" as "Challenging?" The words are barely similar. "CHANGE-LING" Also, "Twinning" instead of "Twaining" at 11:02

[@thoughtengine]

The narration sounds like it is completely artificially generated.

[@sugarpuddin]

Roosevelt island was my favorite place to live in all NYC. I have many wonderful and memorable experiences. Grandpa from the Munsters lived there and was frequently holding court in front of the diner. Mae West was confined there once for offending the bureaucracy in the theater. In NYC, many different bureaucracies have ownership over these islands. They are government monsters. The stories are shocking. Roosevelt island was a vacant mess until a couple of these bureaucracies lost their lease. North Brother island, Governor's island, are locked down due to a quagmire of fraudulent bureaucracy control

[@arfriedman4577]

My sister knew a few people that lived on Roosevelt Island during college. I drove her there once. Another time we took the tram from nyc to Roosevelt Island round trip.

[@deemushroomguy]

Are the gangs in New York afraid to get wet? This seems like an awful lot of cop-free land to not be taken advantage of.😂😅

[@dpb8780]

Soon it will be back in use if RJK jr gets his and Trump's way!

[@J.M.Chadwick6]

And maybe the both of them will end up there, isolated from the world!

[@autobotfan11]

Good

[@khandallah4725]

"those who require leaders are not qualified to chose them"

[@Patrick-fe6ly]

Yall are lemmings.

[@theworldisavampire3346]

That's stupid

[@JordonMcConnell]

Garol is still there eating her yogurt. Don't forget to bring two pieces of mail with your name on them if you want to pick up your packages.

[@floriduhgeorgia]

loveeee this comment lmfaoo thats one of my fav scenes

[@lesjones5684]

It’s haunted 😢😢😢

[@SuperMika70]

👍

[@iamawesome-td5my]

never open it to the public, especially new york. we should honestly close more to the public and start requiring tourist permits. cause id argue tourism is the single most destructive obstacle of environmental destruction

[@americacreation1760]

apple

[@chalsfo]

ohh no, look the consequnses of her own actions

[@niteshades_promise]

if i was in ny id kayak to it. camp and drink many beers on. 🍻

[@kaleahcollins4567]

They need to fix it and put the immigrants on it

[@bryan3409]

What are you talking about? Theres hundreds of videos of people camping on the island. Ciiiiiickbaiiiiiiit

[@deformemvita]

Thumbs down for pushing AI garbage

[@HM2SGT]

❔

[@skeletonking4119]

Because the tzimisce antediluvian is there!!!

[@elfritts9895]

I was just about tabbed out here's all I heard tab tab tab bla bla bla tab tab tab ! I made it to 2 :05 before I tabbed out Fck there's plenty of history channels to watch that's less tab obsessed byee

[@douglasharley2440]

lol, soon as i saw this title in my subscriptions feed it reminded me of "broad city"!...so i started watching it again, for the first time in many years. 🫡 as always, *thanks.*