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Hart Island (where the occupant was buried) has an interesting history: "The remains of more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, though since th
by helsinkiandrew 3y ago
Hart Island (where the occupant was buried) has an interesting history:
"The remains of more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, though since the first decade of the 21st century, there are fewer than 1,500 burials a year. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hart+Island/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hart+Island/
- altgeek 3y agoRarely, there are tours. The dock is on the east side of City Island. Incarcerated NYS/NYC prisoners are conscripted for burial and brush cleanup duty, so you would occasionally see those buses parked at the dock.
- couchand 3y agoThe Hart Island Project has done great work on this. Their website has a map of the potter's fields: https://www.hartisland.net/mobile-map https://www.hartisland.net/mobile-map