Owners of the island tried to reinvent it as a rehabilitation camp for troubled teens, from 1952 through 1963. But patients didn't get the help they needed when returning home after three- to five ...

This is exactly what happened when photographer Christopher Payne visited North Brother Island, a 13-acre island between the Bronx and Riker’s Island that's been abandoned since 1963.

Residents and elected officials are speaking out on social media against the city’s plan to open a massive new migrant shelter in the South Bronx while ... at Randall’s Island, which is ...