Hart Island
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Hart Island is a small island in the Bronx, New York City, best known as the site of the city's potter's field where over a million unclaimed and indigent people have been buried.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hart Island canonical | 1 |
| Potter’s Field | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
potter's field ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | City Island ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Pelham Bay Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Pelham Bay Park (across the water)
|
| burialType |
indigent burials
ⓘ
mass graves ⓘ pauper burials ⓘ unclaimed bodies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| environment | coastal island ⓘ |
| governedBy |
New York City Charter
ⓘ
surface form:
Charter of the City of New York
|
| hasAlternativeName |
City Cemetery
ⓘ
Hart's Island ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 40.855 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | -73.778 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepiction |
subject of documentaries about mass burials
ⓘ
subject of photography projects on unmarked graves ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cemetery
ⓘ
military site (historical) ⓘ prison site (historical) ⓘ quarantine site (historical) ⓘ rehabilitation center site (historical) ⓘ workhouse site (historical) ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | public property ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRestriction | limited public access ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York City Council District (relevant district) ⓘ |
| laterManagedBy | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
The Bronx
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronx
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Long Island Sound ⓘ |
| locatedNear | City Island ⓘ |
| managedBy | New York City Department of Correction ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being New York City's potter's field since the 19th century
ⓘ
being one of the largest taxpayer-funded cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| numberOfBurials | over 1,000,000 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf |
Bronx County
ⓘ
New York City public cemetery system ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| startTimeAsPottersField | 1869 ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedAs |
potter's field for New York City
ⓘ
public burial ground ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial of AIDS victims (historical)
ⓘ
burial of COVID-19 victims ⓘ burial of epidemic victims (historical) ⓘ burial of people whose families could not afford funerals ⓘ burial of stillborn infants ⓘ burial of unidentified persons ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Potter’s Field