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Hart Island is open to the public – here are other NYC areas built over mass graves
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Hart Island earned its name as New York City’s final resting place, but it may now become the city’s newest green space. The island sits between the Bronx and Long Island ...
Visiting New York’s island of the dead
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 ...
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1991 Queens slay victim to be exhumed from potter’s field for funeral after DNA finally reveals her ID
Now they’ll have to wait some more to finally receive her remains — which are buried alongside 1 million other people on Hart Island — New York City’s potter’s field. Judy Rodriguez’s ...
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Coronavirus: New York ramps up mass burials amid outbreak
New York state now has more coronavirus cases ... The drone footage comes from Hart Island, off the Bronx in Long Island Sound, which has been used for more than 150 years by city officials ...