Ray Brook is a

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, United States located on NY 86 between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid in the Town of North Elba in Essex County. It is the site of the

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, the District 5 office of the

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, the

Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook The Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook (FCI Ray Brook) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates that is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCI Ray ...

and the Adirondack Correctional Facility. The New York State Office of Real Property Tax Services—an office within the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance—has an office here as well. The ZIP Code for Ray Brook is 12977. In 1904, it was the site of the first state-operated

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...

sanatorium. Subsequent to the development of effective treatments for tuberculosis, the property was used by the Drug Addiction Control Commission for enforcement and treatment in 1971. Later it was used for Olympic staff housing for the

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and for the Olympic Village; after the games it became a new state prison, and deeded to the federal government became a new federal prison. The

, Region 5, is headquartered in Raybrook; it operates the Meadowbrook Campground across the road from its offices. The headquarters of the

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Troop B was built in Ray Brook in 1979; Troop B is responsible for

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and St. Lawrence counties.

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Ray Brook Meadowbrook Campground
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