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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...