Hell Gate Walking Tour

Delve into the history of Hell Gate the notoriously perilous one-mile stretch of the East River between Manhattan and Queens. Discover the islands in and around Hell Gate—Wards Roosevelt Rikers North & South Brother—as seen from Randall’s Island!

Main Features

• Find out about Hell Gate’s ship-swallowing whirlpools
• Learn about the foiled plot to blow up the Hell Gate Bridge
• Discover the passage of the Hell Gate islands from private properties to criminal hideaways
• Hear about the Hell Gate Explosions and the General Slocum Disaster
• Peer at the jail complex of Rikers Island and the quarantine ruins of North Brother Island

Host or Publisher Purefinder New York