NYC announces a 20-year plan to enhance accessibility and resilience of Hart Island, the city's public cemetery.

Public access to the island only began in recent years. In 2021, the city parks department took over management of the site ...

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 ...

NEW YORK --New York City is opening Hart Island to the public for the first time. More than one million people are buried on the island, which has served as the city's public cemetery since 1869.