Swinburne Island is the smaller of two artificial islands located in the Lower New York Bay east of South Beach, Staten Island. Along with Hoffman Island, it was used to quarantine immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century who were found to be carrying contagious diseases upon arrival at Ellis Island. Swinburne was the second built, about a mile south of the earlier island and has a crematorium. The island was originally called Dix Island, but was renamed in honor of Dr. John Swinburne , a noted military surgeon during the American Civil War.
The island is now managed by the National Park Service as part of the Staten Island Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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- "...to the New York Islands" at Forgotten NY
- NYC Audubon Harbor Herons Project
- Harbor Herons Nesting Survey -recent reports on wading bird, cormorant, and gull nesting activity at Swinburne Island
- Picture of abandoned building on Swinburne Island - June 2006
- A Satellite Photo of the two islands
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