On Wednesday, Rep. Ritchie Torres, Bronx President Vanessa L. Gibson and Pedro Suarez, the executive director of the Third ...

North Brother Island is located in New York 's East River between The Bronx and Rikers Island, home to the metropolis' largest prison. But despite being a stone's throw from the US' biggest city ...

Rep. Torres said his office had documented dozens of overdoses, children witnessing people injecting opioids and a sharp drop in foot traffic that’s devastating local businesses.

North Brother Island in New York City served as a quarantine zone for patients infected with deadly diseases such as smallpox ...

The Parks Department said Thursday that it is willing to explore the possibility of "limited" public access to North Brother Island, the 20-acre abandoned island off of the South Bronx that's been ...

North Brother Island lies in the East River, between the Bronx and Rikers Island.

It's a speck on a city map, and chances are you've never stepped onto North Brother Island, 22 acres off the South Bronx near Rikers Island. You may not have even heard of it. There, nature is ...

North Brother Island, a 22-acre piece of land in New York City, has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.

One of the last privately owned islands around the Bronx shoreline, South Brother Island, was bought by the city last week with $2 million in federal dollars. The island will be used as a bird refuge.

North Brother Island is located in the open waters of the upper East River, south of Port Morris in the Bronx, north of Astoria, Queens, east of Randall’s Island, and west of Rikers Island.