Cities all have their curiosities. One of NYC’s curiosities is Hart Island’s Potter’s Field cemetery, where the unclaimed dead are buried. More than 850,000 have been buried here since 1869. Hart ...

NEW YORK — The first time I heard about Hart Island, I couldn’t believe it. There’s a 150-year-old mass grave on an island in the Bronx? And, until recently, it was totally off-limits to the public.

Last week we uncovered some of New York City’s former cemeteries that are now populated with park-goers and hotel residents. This week, we’re taking a closer look at a cemetery that rarely receives ...

Every month, a small ferry departs from City Island in the Bronx, making its way to a place most New Yorkers never see — Hart Island. Aboard the vessel are families visiting the graves of their loved ...

The Historic Districts Council included New York City's mass grave, Hart Island, among its Six to Celebrate neighborhood preservation priorities. Its narrow shores are dotted with crumbling structures ...

The City Council on Wednesday passed a bill that could help lay the groundwork for the proposed $130 million redevelopment of one of the most densely packed plots in the city: Hart Island, home to 1 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Located about 3,000 feet off the coast of City Island in the northeastern Bronx lies Hart Island. Measuring about a mile long, Hart Island serves as the city’s public cemetery ...

New Yorkers with loved ones buried at the city’s public cemetery on Hart Island say they want their gravesites protected and a voice in the process as officials look to increase access to the ...

The ferry to Hart Island, visible in background across from City Island in the Bronx In a city where everything seems to be just at one’s fingertips – from a taxi ride to the hope of a better future – ...