Photo Link: New York Leper Colony

I  came across photos of this abandoned leper colony, left to rot on the island of North Brother, just 350 yards from The Bronx.  This was a quarantine zone, leper colony, and center for drug addicts, once home to hundreds of patients, now abandoned to nature. As with many abandoned buildings, this is eerie.  But the nature of the building makes it perhaps more akin to the photos I’ve posted of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia in some respects.

New York leper colony

New York leper colony

New York leper colony of North Brother

Link:  The short article is by Liz Hazelton on the Daily Mail, with photography by Ian Ference/Barcroft Media.  Thanks to Scott for the link!

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A couple of photos from my Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum collection of photos that I took during my visit to West Virginia in 2010:

A decaying doctor’s office at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia. Some of the doctors had special wings, where their wife and children would stay. Can you imagine being a kid, living and growing up at an insane asylum? – Photo by Ken Lee

The area for particularly violent patients in the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, with several bolts, as one patient still managed to bust one metal deadbolt. Trans-Allegheny Lunaic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia – Photo by Ken Lee

Equipment:  Nikon D90, 18-200mm VR Nikkor lens

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