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1. blogs.baruch.cuny.edu › hellgate-house-of-reformHellgate House of Reform – Themes in American History

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   May 23, 2011 · Hellgate House of Reform. Posted on May 23, 2011 by da124398. Mid-1800's Male Almshouse on Blackwell's Island, NY (Present day Roosevelt Island) perhaps the inspiration for the "Hellgate House of Reform" on Blackwell's Island featured in the film, Gangs of New York.

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3. untappedcities.com › 2024/04/29 › the-incredibleThe Incredible Restoration of Roosevelt Island’s Blackwell House

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   5 days ago · The evolution of Roosevelt Island itself is illustrated in the history of the Blackwell House, a historic home built between 1796 and 1804. Over the centuries, the home has served as a...

4. www.boweryboyshistory.com › 2009 › 05Roosevelt Island: New York’s former ‘city of asylums’

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   May 8, 2009 · A dramatic change came in 1909 with the construction of the ‘Blackwell’s Island Bridge’, better known today as the Queensboro or 59th Street Bridge. A trolly stopped at the middle of the bridge, letting passengers off who then took an elevator down to the island.

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5. blogs.loc.gov › 11 › nellie-bly-blackwells-island“Behind Asylum Bars:” Nellie Bly Reporting from Blackwell’s ...

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   Nov 8, 2022 · And I did.” In 1887, investigative journalist for the New York World newspaper Nellie Bly went undercover to expose the dreadful conditions at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum, a mental institution on Blackwell’s Island.

6. ny.curbed.com › 2018/5/15 › 17353502Roosevelt Island: history of the NYC neighborhood - Curbed NY

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   May 15, 2018 · In the 19th century, Roosevelt Island was known as Blackwell’s Island—and rather than bucolic splendor, it housed a series of structures that put New York City’s myriad inequalities into...

7. ajp.psychiatryonline.org › doi › fullThe Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island and the New York ...

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   Apr 1, 2007 · In 1828, New York City purchased an island in the East River from the Blackwell family to build a jail and an asylum. When it opened in 1839, the asylum on Blackwell’s Island was New York’s first publicly funded mental hospital and the first municipal mental hospital in the United States.

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   Was Nellie Brown relegated to Blackwell's Island?

   • Nellie Brown, the now-freezing woman, was relegated to Blackwell’s Island, Hall 6. However, all was not as it appeared. In reality, the name Nellie Brown served as a pseudonym for Nellie Bly, an investigative reporter who exposed the abuses of the Lunatic Asylum in 1887 for the New York World.

   Lunatics, Inmates, and Homeowners: The History of Roosevelt Island

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   Why did Byron feign insanity on Blackwell's Island?

   • She feigned insanity in order to be committed to the ward, where she stayed for ten days and nights. Her experience on Blackwell’s Island, later known as Welfare Island and currently called Roosevelt Island (in honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt), represents just one piece in the island’s storied history. Byron Company.

   Lunatics, Inmates, and Homeowners: The History of Roosevelt Island

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   How much did Blackwell's asylum cost?

   • The budget appropriation for the Department of Public Charities and Corrections was increased from $1.5 million to $2.34 million and $50,000 was specifically designated for Blackwell’s asylum. Seven years after the expose was published, the asylum closed. “REFORM THE ASYLUMS,” The Evening World (New York, N.Y.), November 3,1887.

   “Behind Asylum Bars:” Nellie Bly Reporting from Blackwell’s Island

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   Why is Blackwell's Island called 'Welfare Island'?

   • Eventually the thin strip of land became known as “Welfare Island” because the prison and the workhouse gained a reputation for overcrowding, violence, and drug trafficking. Byron Company. Hospital, Bellevue, Blackwell’s Island (Welfare) Old & New Bldgs., ca. 1896.

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   Mar 10, 2015 · Nellie Brown, the now-freezing woman, was relegated to Blackwell’s Island, Hall 6. However, all was not as it appeared. In reality, the name Nellie Brown served as a pseudonym for Nellie Bly, an investigative reporter who exposed the abuses of the Lunatic Asylum in 1887 for the New York World .