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 ...

Pedro Rodriguez, a resident of Forest View Mobile Home Park for 27 years, said he doesn't know where to go if evicted. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown) Blue Island officials, in a letter to the ...

The grave of the first child to die of AIDS is also on Hart Island. The 130-acre island is notoriously hard to visit, as it currently belongs to the Department of Corrections.

Dozens of residents in south suburban Blue Island could soon be without homes. The city said it's shutting down an embattled mobile home park after years of unpaid water bills and code violations ...

<p>The City Council is pushing to create a public park and easier accessibility to Hart Island.</p> News 12 Staff • May 23, 2018, 9:55 PM • Updated 2,607 days ago Share: ...

James Ford Tue, September 10, 2024 at 9:53 PM UTC 3 min read Why tours of Hart Island, NYC’s remote, public burial ground, are a hot ticket ...

The goal is to make the island more welcoming to visitors, city officials said. Hart Island was for years largely off limits to the public — even as more than 1 million people were buried there ...

The history of Hart Island dates back to the mid-1800s, and reveals an intriguing past that extends far beyond the island’s current purpose as a public burial ground.

A million New Yorkers have been buried on Hart Island since the 1860s. “We do know their name, we know who they are, what age they were,” said Pazdar, the urban park ranger tour guide.

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- Dozens of residents in south suburban Blue Island could soon be without homes. The city said it's shutting down an embattled mobile home park after years of unpaid water ...