City Council Votes To Transfer Hart Island To Parks Department, Making For Easier AccessHart Island, offshore from the Bronx and only reachable by ferry, is the largest public burial ground in the country.
Hart Island, Final Resting Place Of 1 Million, On Verge Of Becoming NYC Parks PropertyThe country's largest public cemetery is a step closer to being turned into a public park.
Melinda Hunt Follows NYC's Lonely Dead To Hart IslandWhen someone in New York City dies, alone, he or she is buried on Hart Island, off of the Bronx coast.