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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Hart Island is one of our favorite abandoned sites in NYC. Read what it was to live there in 1972 from an authentic resident.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A solemn place full of mystery in New York City that has been closed for decades to most visitors will open for some public programming. Hart Island has been the city’s ...

Ms. Hunt believes that Hart Island would better serve the public under the auspices of the Parks and Recreation Department.