It’s a part of New York City that few have ever seen or will ever see. Called North Brother Island, this piece of land sits in the East River, housing a piece of land sits in the East River, housing a piece of NYC history that has been decaying ever-so-slowly for the past five decades or so.
Discovering an off limits building is a treasure cove for a photographer. However, Christopher Payne was granted permission to explore New York's forgotten island called North Brother. The decaying history you will witness in the photos have a grand majestic approach encased with the mysterious notion of what may have happened to this diminished place.