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Hart Island Project

A sailboat passes behind an abandoned building on Hart Island on April 5, 2014 in New York. Each white plastic pipe near the building marks an infant mass gravesite, one plastic pipe per 1,000 babies. Hart Island, occupying 101 acres in the Long Island Sound on the eastern edge of the Bronx in New York, contains the largest cemetery in the US. One million bodies of still born babies, the poor, the unidentified and the unclaimed are buried by prison labor in common graves. It is run by the department of corrections, and access is nearly impossible. AFP PHOTO/Don Emmert (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Jan 26

Open the Hart of New York

Hart Island, the stocking-shaped land mass at the mouth of Long Island Sound.
By The Editors
An aerial view of Hart Island. (Doc Searles/flickr)
Jul 8

Hart Island, New York’s Potter’s Field, To Finally Allow Grave Site Visits

Following a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of those with family members buried at the massive potter's field, the Department of Corrections will allow grave site visits.
By Kim Velsey
Abandoned buildings on Hart Island (cisc1970, Flickr)
Feb 13

Changing of the Guard? City Island Residents Consider a Park in Nearby Potter’s Field

Provided that public transportation is operating normally, you can expect to spend between an hour and ten minutes, and one
By Chris Pomorski
Hart Island (David Trawin, Flickr)
Sep 28

An Open Hart Island: Off the Coast of the Bronx Lie 850,000 Lost Souls—the City Council Hopes to Pay Its Respects

By Kim Velsey
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