The Long Island Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts was opened in 1882 located on an island in the Boston Harbor called Long Island. Before the hospital, Long Island was leased to a group of farmers, and soon after was home to camps. During the American Revolution, defensive batteries were constructed on the island by colonial soldiers. A rudimentary lighthouse was built on the head in 1794 followed by a more prominent tower in 1819. The Island fort was reused during the Civil War, when the island was a conscript camp and an extensive armament was installed. In the 19th century, a resort was established on a part of the island, however 1882, the city of Boston took ownership of the entire island, in which the Long Island care facilities began erecting. First, some of the complex was constructed and opened as a city-run facility to house the poor, and soon after it began housing unwed mothers, the chronically ill, a nursing school, and many other care related programs. The facility was now functioning with many buildings being added over the years, for many different uses. The primary use in which the island became was a facility to house and care for chronically ill patients from the Boston area, where it was referred to as the “Long Island Isolation Hospital.” The Long Island Hospital continued to operate years ahead, with buildings being added, and more patients being housed and given care. by 1951, a bridge was built from the tip of Moon Island in Quincy, to Long Island for easier, and more convenient access to the island. By the 1990’s, certain parts of the complex were closed down, and left abandoned, such as the morgue, laboratories, the main staff dormitory, and the auditorium. The rest of the facility remained open, until the hospital was fazed out, and the majority of the facility remained active as a homeless shelter for the city of Boston. in 2007, a private day-camp for teenagers was put in place on a part of the island called Camp Harbor view which had baseball fields, swimming, classrooms, and many other activities. in 2014, the city of Boston, along with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation launched the plan to close, and demolish the Long Island bridge due to it’s state of disrepair. This led to the temporary closure of the shelter on Long Island, along with the summer camp. Once this took place, the life of Long Island would appear to be no more as the closed down hospital and shelter began quickly collecting dust, and overgrowth began taking over the property due to the lack of maintenance on the grounds and the buildings. Over the course of time since the closure of Long Island, the old complex has sat abandoned, aside from a small part of the island which continues to be maintained for the reopened Camp Harbor located in between the hospital complex, and the still-standing vacant fort battery. The Long Island Hospital in recent years has been an interest and a legend amongst locals, and urban explorers, looking to find ways onto the island and explore the decaying buildings, and with the old bridge being demolished, it is a major challenge to make it onto the island illegally. In 2023, a new plan was secured by the town of Quincy, and the city of Boston to rebuild the bridge from Moon Island to Long Island which is projected to be completed by 2024. Amidst the new plans for the bridge, maintenance workers have been on the island, maintaining the grass, cleaning the property, and re securing the vacant structures to keep trespassers out. As of now, the future looks bright for the majority of the old Long Island Hospital complex as the abandoned buildings continued to be powered, and new possible renovation plans are being put in place.