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Hart Island Cemetery

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Hart Island serves as the City’s public cemetery and is managed jointly by the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), NYC Parks, and Human Resources Administration (HRA).

If a person dies in New York City and their remains are not claimed, or cannot be identified by the Medical Examiner's Office, they will be buried at the municipal cemetery. Hart Island is located in the Long Island Sound, near City Island in the Bronx.

You can get information about Hart Island, including how to arrange a visit, and search burial records for an individual buried on Hart Island.

Learn more about Hart Island Cemetery.

If someone was buried at Hart Island, their death certificate will say "City Burial" or "Hart Island" in the burial information.

You may be able to request burial records by email, by phone, or by contacting the appropriate City agency.

1977 - Present

Burial records for individuals who were buried since 1977 are available online, by email, or by phone.

The Hart Island Cemetery Tracking System, a searchable database, includes most burial records for individuals who were buried since 1977.

Online

Search the burial record database.

By Email

hart.island@parks.nyc.gov

By Phone

  • Agency: Department of Parks and Recreation
  • Division: Hart Island Office
  • Phone Number: (212) 360-3428
  • Business Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM

Before 1977

You can get a copy of a death certificate from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or from the City's Municipal Archives, depending on the year of death.

Get a death certificate for an individual who died in New York City since 1949.

Get a death certificate for an individual who died in New York City between 1855 and 1949.

Upon confirming that a loved one is buried on Hart Island, families may make arrangements with a licensed funeral home to request a disinterment for the purposes of reburial elsewhere. The funeral home must submit the request for disinterment.

Submit a request for a disinterment.

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