When you think of New York City you conjure up images of Times Square, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, etc. But there is one borough in NYC that has a forgotten past. Staten Island–with it’s Farm Colony, Seaview hospital, etc. that shows a hidden past with some dark history that some say should remain hidden.

A cholera hospital was added to the site in 1832, and housing for “the insane” in 1837.

This boat engine is all that remains on a beach after hurricane Sandy washed a boat up onshore.

Farm Colony ʀuιɴs. Also known as the “Poor Farm”, the homeless would work the land in exchange for on-sight housing.

This ʀuιɴ has what appears to be the remains of a guard tower.

ғoʀт Wadsworth

Beneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Lemon Creek Park

ғιʀᴇwoʀκs over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Christmas at Historic Richmondtown

A view of Manhattan Skyline

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