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 ...

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 ...

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 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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For generations, poor communities have been haunted by the specter of a pauper’s grave on Hart Island, a strip of land off-limits to the public, where New York disposes of the unclaimed dead. Yet ...

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 ...

Hart Island, the mile-long slip of land that has served as New York City’s public cemetery for more than a century, is experiencing a rebirth of sorts. But city lawmakers are grappling with how best ...