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 ...

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 ...

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 and has ...

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 – ...

Hart Island is a 131-acre New York City public cemetery in Long Island Sound—you have to take a short ferry from City Island in the Bronx to get there. It’s the final resting place for over 1 million ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HART ISLAND, the Bronx (PIX11) — It’s a ...

Join host Eileen Lehpamer as she speaks with Fi Whalen and Daniel Tainow, Urban Park Rangers with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, about Hart Island, the city’s public ...

Supported by tax payers on a city-owned island, New York City’s potter’s field is one of the country’s most inaccessible publicly funded spaces. The Hart Island cemetery is the secluded final resting ...

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 ...