Isla Hart

NYC Parks service tour

The public can now visit Hart Island via a NYC Parks Department tour The tour is free, but tickets are allotted by lottery. Pros: -An important (if somewhat somber) place of history that few are...

It’s open and you have to enter a lottery to visit

NYC Urban Rangers lead an informative and respectful tour of this island with an incredibly diverse history. You have to enter a lottery to go because space is limited and they only give tours 2x a mo...

My Grandfather and Baby Aunt are buried there

As an Island that has gone through many transformations, this island is best used as it is: a burial ground for indigent and poor people who die in NYC.

Why do they even want a review of this place?

It has a long history going back to the Revolutionary War, but mostly it was used as a storehouse for troubled boys, the insane and unclaimed bodies. Plus you can't go there. Recently there were calls...

A newly accessible venue

The grounds of this well known, but until recently not readily accessible sacred space, are a visit back in history. Our treasured Potters' Field is open to all.