Unforgotten: Hart Island

2022
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How Art and Advocacy are Enabling Access to a Mass Burial Ground in the Bronx Hart Island was purchased by the City of New York in 1868 — to serve as the public burial ground — off the coast of City Island in the Bronx. Operated by the Department of Correction for over 150 years — Hart Island is a hauntingly beautiful landscape, rich with historic remnants, and a final resting place for nearly a million New Yorkers. As visitation to the island remains a challenge, artists and advocates have been working to honor memories and increase access to New York City’s only public burial ground.