Hart Island, a potter’s field where New York City has buried its unclaimed dead for more than a century, will finally accept visitors this year. Prisoners leveling the ground on Hart Island in ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Hart Island earned its name as New York City’s final resting place, but it may now become the city’s newest green space. The island sits between the Bronx and Long Island ...

Hart Island, which has served as New York City's potter's field since the 1800s, ... New York. Today’s Paper. A Bronx Island With a Million Graves Is Now a Park. By Corey Kilgannon Nov. 16, 2023.

When she visited Hart Island for the first time in April 2023, Hurlburt was struck by the physical beauty of the island. Like Riverside Park, it was full of trees, and Neil's gravesite overlooks ...

Last Tuesday was the first public tour conducted by urban park rangers of Hart Island, New York’s City public burial ground located half a mile to the east of City Island in the Bronx.

Twice a month, a 10-minute ferry ride from City Island in the Bronx transports a group of visitors to the little-known Hart Island — the city’s public cemetery and, until recently, off limits ...

The free tours, organized by the Urban Park Rangers, will give people a chance to explore parts of the island and learn about its history as a key piece of the city's infrastructure.

Known as New York City's public burial ground, Hart Island is the final resting place for more than 1 million souls who died in poverty or were homeless, their bodies unclaimed, or during ...