South Brother Island
| South Brother Island | ||
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| Waters | East River | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 48 '2 " N , 73 ° 53' 55" W | |
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| length | 405 m | |
| width | 255 m | |
| surface | 5.3 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
South Brother Island is a small uninhabited island in the metropolitan area of New York .
Geographical location
The island is located in the East River , between the Bronx and Rikers Island . Immediately to the north of this is the somewhat larger North Brother Island . The two islands together have an area of 81,423 square meters (8.14 hectares ). Of this, 2.8 hectares are on South Brother Island and around 5.3 hectares on North Brother Island.
history
Jacob Ruppert , a brewery owner and later owner of the New York Yankees , had his summer residence on the island, but it burned down in 1909. Nobody has lived on the island since that time; together with the neighboring North Brother Island it is designated as a nature reserve. The Dutch gave them their original name Gezellen (companions).
The island belonged to Ruppert until the late 1930s. In 1944 it was bought by John Gerosa , who wanted to use it as summer accommodation for the employees of his roofing company, the Metropolitan Roofing Supply Company. However, this project was never implemented. In 1975 the city of New York City sold the island to the investment company Hampton Scows Inc. for 10 dollars. Hampton Scows paid property taxes but did not use the island.
In order to be able to use it as a nature reserve, the Public Land Trust bought the island in November 2007 with the support of various organizations and public funds for a price of 2 million dollars and then donated it to the City of New York, which placed it under the municipal park administration.
fauna
The thick forest of South Brother Island attracts various species of egrets and cormorants to nest, including the night heron , great egret , white egret, and ear shag .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Timothy Williams: City Claims Final Private Island in East River. The New York Times , November 20, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Gerard R. Wolfe: South Brother Island. In: Kenneth T. Jackson et al.: The Encyclopedia of New York City . 2nd Edition. Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6 , (accessed online from de Gruyter ).
- ^ David Freedlander: New York's South Brother Island to be a sanctuary. Newsday, November 20, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014 .
- ↑ South Brother Island Goes To The Birds. The Daily Plant, November 29, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014 .
- ↑ 2012 Interim Nesting Survey Report. (PDF; 915 kB) New York City Audubon, November 12, 2012, accessed on August 21, 2014 (English).