Hart Island

Cemetery · Bronx

At the western end of Long Island Sound, off the northeast Bronx, lies Hart Island, a narrow island about a mile long in the Pelham Islands that serves as New York City's public cemetery.

  • 0.18 square miles
  • 8 street corners

Its first public use came in 1864, as a training ground for the United States Colored Troops, and burials began in 1869; more than a million people now rest in its graves. Jurisdiction over the island passed to NYC Parks in 2021, and in 2023 the City opened it to visitors, who register in advance and arrive by ferry.

Sources: Hart Island (Wikipedia); Hart Island (Atlas Obscura).

Map

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Street map of Hart Island, Bronx.
  • Hart Island
  • A neighboring area
  • Park

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported zero crashes at all 8 of its corners.

Camera tickets

In 2025 the Department of Finance recorded no red-light, school-zone speed or bus-lane camera ticket at its corners.

Parks

Parkland
0.7 acre of Pelham Bay Park, as NYC Parks maps it within Hart Island

Streets and trees

Trees
1,771 in NYC Parks' records, most often black cherry, mulberry and black locust
Street with the most corners
Channel View Road, with six of the area's 8
Height above sea level
From 6 feet at Channel View Road & Gazebo Lane to 17 feet at Soundview Road & Channel View Road

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.