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Robert F. Kennedy Bridge & Interstate 278, New York, NY 10035, USA
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The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory established in the United States. The reformatory was opened in 1824 on the Bowery in Manhattan, New York City, destroyed by a fire in 1839, and relocated first to Twenty-Third Street and then, in 1854, to Randalls Island.Through its 111-year history the reformatory was privately funded, receiving only guidance, supervision and additional funding from state agencies.
