South Brother Island — Local services in New York

A very rare, thing. A natural place left for the wildlife of New York City. The photos a few idiots posted of buildings ARE NOT South Brother Island but are from North Brother Island (there are no buildings on South Brother Island). Learn to read a map folks. I've visited here twice on volunteer cleanups with the environmental organization HarborLAB.org that were with the permission and guidance of the New York Parks Department (Parks staff were along with us). It is a spot of tranquility, though you can at times hear JFK, Rikers Island and other noise of the city. When the birds are here they dominate however. Clearly they...

Amazing!! Both islands (North & South) should be redeveloped and their landscapes opened to the public. Their combined histories are amazingly...

Prime nesting spot for birds and a migration stopping point for such New York City exotica as the great blue heron. It is a...