Last Tuesday was the first public tour conducted by urban park rangers of Hart Island, New York’s City public burial ground located half a mile to the east of City Island in the Bronx. But the twice a ...

When the time came, Gleny Reyes Gomez knew her father wanted to be buried alongside family in the Dominican Republic. For two years, she’s been working to fulfill his wish. Juan Reyes, an 80-year-old ...

It’s no longer wrapped up in the past. The nation’s largest public cemetery — and purportedly the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world — is located just off the Bronx in the Long Island Sound, on ...

HART ISLAND, the Bronx (PIX11) — It’s a remote location where a million souls are buried in mass graves. Despite the fact that it may sound frightening to some people, the tour of Hart Island has now ...

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 – ...

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 ...

Hart Island, the city’s burial ground in the Long Island Sound that has been inaccessible for decades, was unveiled as a new public space on Wednesday. Starting next week, the island will be open ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the second story in The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island series from Radio Diaries. You can listen to the next installment on All Things ...