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Mar 31, 2023 · Since 1869, more than one million New Yorkers have been buried on the 131-acre strip of land called Hart Island, the nation’s largest public cemetery. They have arrived in plain wooden...
Nov 19, 2020 · Hart Island is a graveyard of last resort. Since 1869, New York City has owned and operated this potter’s field—the largest in the country. City workers put unidentified or unclaimed corpses in...
Dec 1, 2023 · New York City's Hart Island -- the burial site of more than 1 million people who were unclaimed, unidentified or unable to be buried elsewhere -- is opening to visitors after decades of being shrouded in mystery and stigma.
- Kiara Alfonseca
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Mar 24, 2023 · Hart Island, a potter’s field where New York City has buried its unclaimed dead for more than a century, will finally accept visitors this year. Prisoners leveling the ground on Hart Island in...
Jul 16, 2021 · More than 1 million people are buried on New York City's Hart Island, making it one of the country's largest cemeteries. The city has used a potter's field there for more than 150 years to...
Apr 26, 2020 · Hart Island is where the city of New York buries the unknown, the unclaimed, or those too poor to afford a burial. At 101 acres, it's the largest Potter's field in the country.
Hart Island. Hart Island serves as the City's public cemetery and is the final resting place of over one million individuals. The island has now transitioned to a joint HRA and NYC Parks management structure.
