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Hart Island is open to the public – here are other NYC areas built over mass graves
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Hart Island earned its name as New York City’s final resting place, but it may now become the city’s newest green space. The island sits between the Bronx and Long Island ...
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New York City’s Island of the Dead
A headstone, enveloped by moss and overgrown shrubbery, remains on the island. It reads: We are at peace. Another monument, erected in 1948, was built by prisoners detained in New York’s Hart ...