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This Haunted Island In New York City Has A History That Will Make You Shiver
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Staten Island’s Mysterious Island: Hoffman Island explored
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One of two islands exist just off Staten Island’s East Shore, one of them is Hoffman Island. We give you a look from just above.
published: 26 Nov 2018
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A Secret New York Island That You Can Never Visit
NYC has about 40 islands. And among those, there’s one that’s so confidential that you can't even visit it! Mystery worth solving, don't you think? We’re about to take a trip to the hush-hush New York island known as U Thant. You’ll definitely be surprised by its interesting history...
TIMESTAMPS:
The history of U Thant Island 1:06
What U Thant Island is now 3:33
Another closed-off island in New York that's oozing with mystery 4:02
Snake Island in Brasil 5:20
Heard Island in the middle of the ocean between Australia and Antarctica 6:23
Surtsey Island in Iceland 7:14
Music: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
SUMMARY:
- U Thant Island is a teeny-tiny 100-by-200-foot artificial island located off the coast of Manhattan. Its history goes way back to the 1890s. The island remained u...
published: 31 Aug 2018
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Why This Guy Paid $176K for Rat Island, New York's Smallest Piece of Land | New York Post
No man is an island, but Alex Schibli is the proud owner of New York’s smallest sliver of land: Rat Island. The Swiss-born retired engineer paid $176,000 for his 2.5 acres of paradise, located off the Bronx.
#RatIsland #island #NYC #privateisland #bronx
From 'My own private island – in New York City': https://nypost.com/2012/06/19/my-own-private-island-in-new-york-city/
Alex Schibli, owner of Rat Island in The Bronx, says he might build an eco-friendly house there — or he might just settle for getting the spot’s name changed back to its original moniker of Rattle Island.
Clambering over the rocks like a schoolboy on an outdoor field trip, Alex Schibli points out three speckled eggs inside a nest.
That owner is Schibli, 72, who takes a deep breath of ocean air and beams with pride. St...
published: 20 Sep 2018
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Drone Fly Over - Hoffman Island, NY
Have you ever stood at the end of the Staten Island boardwalk and wondered what's on that island I see off in the distance? Well, here you go, this is a rare fly over of Hoffman Island located off the south shore of Staten Island and near the Verrazano Bridge. Get a close up look of the entire island in HD video. This is an artificial island created in 1873. Video was created with a DJI Mavic Mini on November 7th, 2020.
published: 09 Nov 2020
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This Haunted Island In New York City Has A History That Will Make You Shiver
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Staten Island’s Mysterious Island: Hoffman Island explored
Prodigy Real Estate: 718-701-5626
One of two islands exist just off Staten Island’s East Shore, one of them is Hoffman Island. We give you a look from just abo...
Prodigy Real Estate: 718-701-5626
One of two islands exist just off Staten Island’s East Shore, one of them is Hoffman Island. We give you a look from just above.
https://wn.com/Staten_Island’S_Mysterious_Island_Hoffman_Island_Explored
Prodigy Real Estate: 718-701-5626
One of two islands exist just off Staten Island’s East Shore, one of them is Hoffman Island. We give you a look from just above.
- published: 26 Nov 2018
- views: 2060
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A Secret New York Island That You Can Never Visit
NYC has about 40 islands. And among those, there’s one that’s so confidential that you can't even visit it! Mystery worth solving, don't you think? We’re about ...
NYC has about 40 islands. And among those, there’s one that’s so confidential that you can't even visit it! Mystery worth solving, don't you think? We’re about to take a trip to the hush-hush New York island known as U Thant. You’ll definitely be surprised by its interesting history...
TIMESTAMPS:
The history of U Thant Island 1:06
What U Thant Island is now 3:33
Another closed-off island in New York that's oozing with mystery 4:02
Snake Island in Brasil 5:20
Heard Island in the middle of the ocean between Australia and Antarctica 6:23
Surtsey Island in Iceland 7:14
Music: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
SUMMARY:
- U Thant Island is a teeny-tiny 100-by-200-foot artificial island located off the coast of Manhattan. Its history goes way back to the 1890s. The island remained undisturbed and out of the spotlight until 1977 when it was adopted by the Peace Meditation at the United Nations.
- It’s now turned into a protected sanctuary for migrating birds, including a small colony of beautiful double-crested cormorants.
- North Brother Island is currently designated as a bird sanctuary, but its history is a lot darker. The island was abandoned up until 1885 when it became the new location for Riverside Hospital. Riverside was at first an isolated hospital for smallpox patients but over time expanded and started accepting sufferers of other types of highly contagious and deadly diseases, like tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
- If we venture out across the globe, we’ll find even more places that are, for one reason or another, off-limits for visitors. One prime example is Snake Island, which is located about 90 miles off the coast of Sao Paulo. As to why this place is forbidden for travel, the name says it all! Snake Island houses from 2,000 to 4,000 venomous snakes.
- There are other even more mysterious places out there, like Heard Island. You can find it in the middle of the ocean between Australia and Antarctica. Heard Island is home to animals that are totally unique to this area, and the Australian government wants them to live in peace without human intervention.
- Surtsey Island was formed from a huge volcanic eruption that took place back in 1963. The eruption lasted for 4 whole years, allowing the island to grow to a size of one square mile. Since then, it’s continued to be a place of interest for volcanologists, botanists, and biologists alike.
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https://wn.com/A_Secret_New_York_Island_That_You_Can_Never_Visit
NYC has about 40 islands. And among those, there’s one that’s so confidential that you can't even visit it! Mystery worth solving, don't you think? We’re about to take a trip to the hush-hush New York island known as U Thant. You’ll definitely be surprised by its interesting history...
TIMESTAMPS:
The history of U Thant Island 1:06
What U Thant Island is now 3:33
Another closed-off island in New York that's oozing with mystery 4:02
Snake Island in Brasil 5:20
Heard Island in the middle of the ocean between Australia and Antarctica 6:23
Surtsey Island in Iceland 7:14
Music: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
SUMMARY:
- U Thant Island is a teeny-tiny 100-by-200-foot artificial island located off the coast of Manhattan. Its history goes way back to the 1890s. The island remained undisturbed and out of the spotlight until 1977 when it was adopted by the Peace Meditation at the United Nations.
- It’s now turned into a protected sanctuary for migrating birds, including a small colony of beautiful double-crested cormorants.
- North Brother Island is currently designated as a bird sanctuary, but its history is a lot darker. The island was abandoned up until 1885 when it became the new location for Riverside Hospital. Riverside was at first an isolated hospital for smallpox patients but over time expanded and started accepting sufferers of other types of highly contagious and deadly diseases, like tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
- If we venture out across the globe, we’ll find even more places that are, for one reason or another, off-limits for visitors. One prime example is Snake Island, which is located about 90 miles off the coast of Sao Paulo. As to why this place is forbidden for travel, the name says it all! Snake Island houses from 2,000 to 4,000 venomous snakes.
- There are other even more mysterious places out there, like Heard Island. You can find it in the middle of the ocean between Australia and Antarctica. Heard Island is home to animals that are totally unique to this area, and the Australian government wants them to live in peace without human intervention.
- Surtsey Island was formed from a huge volcanic eruption that took place back in 1963. The eruption lasted for 4 whole years, allowing the island to grow to a size of one square mile. Since then, it’s continued to be a place of interest for volcanologists, botanists, and biologists alike.
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Why This Guy Paid $176K for Rat Island, New York's Smallest Piece of Land | New York Post
No man is an island, but Alex Schibli is the proud owner of New York’s smallest sliver of land: Rat Island. The Swiss-born retired engineer paid $176,000 for hi...
No man is an island, but Alex Schibli is the proud owner of New York’s smallest sliver of land: Rat Island. The Swiss-born retired engineer paid $176,000 for his 2.5 acres of paradise, located off the Bronx.
#RatIsland #island #NYC #privateisland #bronx
From 'My own private island – in New York City': https://nypost.com/2012/06/19/my-own-private-island-in-new-york-city/
Alex Schibli, owner of Rat Island in The Bronx, says he might build an eco-friendly house there — or he might just settle for getting the spot’s name changed back to its original moniker of Rattle Island.
Clambering over the rocks like a schoolboy on an outdoor field trip, Alex Schibli points out three speckled eggs inside a nest.
That owner is Schibli, 72, who takes a deep breath of ocean air and beams with pride. Standing on the unfortunately named Rat Island, he feels like the luckiest man alive.
And with good reason. While most New Yorkers are busy carving out their own small turf on the isle of Manhattan, Schibli has his own private island at the northwestern end of Long Island Sound.
The softspoken Schibli paid $176,000 for the 2.5-acre slab of rock, beating out seven other bidders, including a fisherman and a nonprofit organization, in a sale last October. The island, which is zoned for residential use and costs $2,000 per year in taxes, was auctioned on behalf of the previous owner, 70-something retired businessman Edmund Brennan of Jupiter, Fla.
It’s believed to be the only truly privately owned island in the New York City archipelago of 44 islands, which includes Manhattan and Staten Island.
And as he prepares to enjoy his first summer of ownership, Schibli claims it was worth every cent.
“I read ‘Robinson Crusoe’ when I was a boy, [and] I was obsessed with ‘The Swiss Family Robinson,’ ” explains the 14-year City Island resident, whose house is situated about a quarter of a mile from his own island.
“I’d always dreamed of having my own place for peace and quiet in the middle of the ocean. When Rat Island came on the market, I had to buy it.”
So far, he’s added only an American flag and two “private property” signs to warn off unwanted visitors.
His main priority now: a new name. Schibli is trying to change the name back to Rattle Island, which originates from the 1600s, when Dutch mariners paid locals to use rattles to alert boat traffic to the treacherous rocks.
The term Rat Island also stems from folklore that 19th-century prisoners — aka “rats” — would hide on the rock while escaping from a jail on neighboring Hart Island.
As the new title holder, Schibli can apply to the authorities for permission to build a structure there — but for the moment, he wants to keep it as is. “Apart from the name change, I’m not really planning anything different for the island,” says the white-haired native of Switzerland, who specialized in energy conservation when he worked for the Port Authority.
Schibli — who lives with his girlfriend, Noelva Vigoya, 61 — had a close call during the 9/11 attacks, a fact he prefers not to dwell on. His office was on the 82nd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He happened to be late for work that day, and arrived off the subway to witness the atrocity.
He says the experience made him look at his life and focus more on family.
“We’re a big, extended family with lots of grandchildren, nephews and nieces,” says Schibli, a father of four grown children who live in Germany, Switzerland and Washington, DC.
“Noelva and I will be inviting everyone out to Rat Island to enjoy the sunshine and the breeze and the beautiful views.”
And what views! Manhattan is obscured by City Island, but the rock offers spectacular vistas in all directions.
The pair are also working on an idea to eventually build a vacation home on the island, made of reclaimed wood and possibly on stilts, which would be off the grid — solar-powered and making use of collected rainwater.
The last house on Rat Island, once used as an artists’ hangout, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1938, but the stone foundations remain.
Schibli, who has been busy researching the island’s history on the Internet and at the New York Public Library and City Island Nautical Museum, loves one particular story from that era.
In December 1928, two hapless young men were marooned on the island for a freezing 15 hours when their boat ran aground and drifted off.
“They knocked on the door of the house, but nobody was in,” he laughs. “So they spent the night huddled under a rock.
“They were rescued the following morning.”
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No man is an island, but Alex Schibli is the proud owner of New York’s smallest sliver of land: Rat Island. The Swiss-born retired engineer paid $176,000 for his 2.5 acres of paradise, located off the Bronx.
#RatIsland #island #NYC #privateisland #bronx
From 'My own private island – in New York City': https://nypost.com/2012/06/19/my-own-private-island-in-new-york-city/
Alex Schibli, owner of Rat Island in The Bronx, says he might build an eco-friendly house there — or he might just settle for getting the spot’s name changed back to its original moniker of Rattle Island.
Clambering over the rocks like a schoolboy on an outdoor field trip, Alex Schibli points out three speckled eggs inside a nest.
That owner is Schibli, 72, who takes a deep breath of ocean air and beams with pride. Standing on the unfortunately named Rat Island, he feels like the luckiest man alive.
And with good reason. While most New Yorkers are busy carving out their own small turf on the isle of Manhattan, Schibli has his own private island at the northwestern end of Long Island Sound.
The softspoken Schibli paid $176,000 for the 2.5-acre slab of rock, beating out seven other bidders, including a fisherman and a nonprofit organization, in a sale last October. The island, which is zoned for residential use and costs $2,000 per year in taxes, was auctioned on behalf of the previous owner, 70-something retired businessman Edmund Brennan of Jupiter, Fla.
It’s believed to be the only truly privately owned island in the New York City archipelago of 44 islands, which includes Manhattan and Staten Island.
And as he prepares to enjoy his first summer of ownership, Schibli claims it was worth every cent.
“I read ‘Robinson Crusoe’ when I was a boy, [and] I was obsessed with ‘The Swiss Family Robinson,’ ” explains the 14-year City Island resident, whose house is situated about a quarter of a mile from his own island.
“I’d always dreamed of having my own place for peace and quiet in the middle of the ocean. When Rat Island came on the market, I had to buy it.”
So far, he’s added only an American flag and two “private property” signs to warn off unwanted visitors.
His main priority now: a new name. Schibli is trying to change the name back to Rattle Island, which originates from the 1600s, when Dutch mariners paid locals to use rattles to alert boat traffic to the treacherous rocks.
The term Rat Island also stems from folklore that 19th-century prisoners — aka “rats” — would hide on the rock while escaping from a jail on neighboring Hart Island.
As the new title holder, Schibli can apply to the authorities for permission to build a structure there — but for the moment, he wants to keep it as is. “Apart from the name change, I’m not really planning anything different for the island,” says the white-haired native of Switzerland, who specialized in energy conservation when he worked for the Port Authority.
Schibli — who lives with his girlfriend, Noelva Vigoya, 61 — had a close call during the 9/11 attacks, a fact he prefers not to dwell on. His office was on the 82nd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He happened to be late for work that day, and arrived off the subway to witness the atrocity.
He says the experience made him look at his life and focus more on family.
“We’re a big, extended family with lots of grandchildren, nephews and nieces,” says Schibli, a father of four grown children who live in Germany, Switzerland and Washington, DC.
“Noelva and I will be inviting everyone out to Rat Island to enjoy the sunshine and the breeze and the beautiful views.”
And what views! Manhattan is obscured by City Island, but the rock offers spectacular vistas in all directions.
The pair are also working on an idea to eventually build a vacation home on the island, made of reclaimed wood and possibly on stilts, which would be off the grid — solar-powered and making use of collected rainwater.
The last house on Rat Island, once used as an artists’ hangout, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1938, but the stone foundations remain.
Schibli, who has been busy researching the island’s history on the Internet and at the New York Public Library and City Island Nautical Museum, loves one particular story from that era.
In December 1928, two hapless young men were marooned on the island for a freezing 15 hours when their boat ran aground and drifted off.
“They knocked on the door of the house, but nobody was in,” he laughs. “So they spent the night huddled under a rock.
“They were rescued the following morning.”
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- published: 20 Sep 2018
- views: 57169
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Drone Fly Over - Hoffman Island, NY
Have you ever stood at the end of the Staten Island boardwalk and wondered what's on that island I see off in the distance? Well, here you go, this is a rare f...
Have you ever stood at the end of the Staten Island boardwalk and wondered what's on that island I see off in the distance? Well, here you go, this is a rare fly over of Hoffman Island located off the south shore of Staten Island and near the Verrazano Bridge. Get a close up look of the entire island in HD video. This is an artificial island created in 1873. Video was created with a DJI Mavic Mini on November 7th, 2020.
https://wn.com/Drone_Fly_Over_Hoffman_Island,_NY
Have you ever stood at the end of the Staten Island boardwalk and wondered what's on that island I see off in the distance? Well, here you go, this is a rare fly over of Hoffman Island located off the south shore of Staten Island and near the Verrazano Bridge. Get a close up look of the entire island in HD video. This is an artificial island created in 1873. Video was created with a DJI Mavic Mini on November 7th, 2020.
- published: 09 Nov 2020
- views: 51