Hart Island

Local nameHart Island
LocationThe Bronx, New York City, United States

Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Hart's Island, is located at the western end of Long Island Sound, in the northeastern Bronx in New York City. Measuring approximately 1 mile long by 0.33 miles wide, Hart Island is part of the Pelham Islands archipelago, to the east of City Island.

The island's first public use was as a training ground for the United States Colored Troops in 1864. Since then, Hart Island has been the location of a Union Civil War prison camp, a psychiatric institution, a tuberculosis sanatorium, a potter's field with mass burials, a homeless shelter, a boys' reformatory, a jail, and a drug rehabilitation center. Several other structures, such as an amusement park, were planned for Hart Island but not built.

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Nautical chart of City… @ NOAA's Office of Coast Survey

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island_(Bronx)

Coordinates 40°51'14.164" N -73°46'11.716" E

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