South Brother Island

South Brother Island can mean:-

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• An island in the Red Sea near Marsa Alam, known as a scuba diving site.
• An island in New York, described here.

South Brother Island is one of a pair of small islands in the East River situated between the Bronx and Riker's Island. The other island, larger and better known, is North Brother Island. As late as the 1960s, it was considered part of Queens County, but is now part of Bronx County. It has long been privately owned. Jacob Ruppert, a brewery magnate and early owner of the New York Yankees, had a summer house on the island early in the twentieth century, but no one has lived on the island since then and there are no structures there today. It is currently owned by Hampton Scows, Inc., a Long Island company that dutifully pays property taxes every year but has no plans to develop the seven acre island. Its dense brush supports a major nesting colony of several species of birds, notably Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Double-crested Cormorant.

Related Topics:
East River - The Bronx - Riker's Island - North Brother Island - 1960s - Queens County - Bronx County - Jacob Ruppert - New York Yankees - Black-crowned Night Heron - Great Egret - Snowy Egret - Double-crested Cormorant

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