where is the island located?
On Jamaica Bay
Barren Island, Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
where did the barren island get its name from? A group of Lenape Native Americans referred to the archipelago of islands near it by a name alternatively transcribed as "Equandito", "Equendito", or "Equindito", which means "Broken Lands". what is the reason behind the decline of community over there? An effort was made to develop a seaport district, factories and turn the creeks along the coast into canals and part of the island to be used as parkland. are there any plants on the island? Yes, there are fish rendering plants, as well as for fertilizer plants here.
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Barren Island, Brooklyn [SEP] Introduction
Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of Long Island. The island was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 17th century. Its name is a corruption of "Beeren Eylandt", the Dutch-language term for "Bears' Island". Barren Island remained sparsely inhabited before the 19th century, mainly because of its relative isolation from the rest of the city. From the 1850s to the mid-1930s, the island was developed as an industrial complex with fish rendering plants and other industries, and also as an ethnically diverse community of up to 1,500 residents.