# #473 The Other Side of Ellis Island

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Podcast: [The Bowery Boys: New York City History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bowery-boys-new-york-city-history-745168)
Published: 2025-11-21T05:05:00+00:00
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For over fifty years, most European immigrants arriving into the United States came through Ellis Island in New York Harbor. But for an unfortunate few, their new lives could not begin until they spent some time on "the other side" of the island -- the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.

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