NYC announces a 20-year plan to enhance accessibility and resilience of Hart Island, the city's public cemetery.

Advocates Reclaim Forgotten New York Cemetery For Enslaved Africans And Black Americans. Harambee Kingston, a non-profit organization, wants to turn a long-forgotten burial ground into a memorial ...

A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, Aug. 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

A historic cemetery for African Americans in Kingston, New York, is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground.

How a historic NYC cemetery is combatting climate change 02:07. NEW YORK - Green-Wood Cemetery, one of the largest contiguous pieces of privately-owned land in New York City, just completed a ...

The listicle did not state why the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was among the nation's most popular haunted trails according to google. The cemetery's walkabout is the lone trail from New York on the list.

Under state law, to repurpose a cemetery you must exhume the bodies and bury them elsewhere. "And none of that was ever done," Lascurain's attorney told CBS News New York back in 1998.

While the more-than-half-acre site was designated as a cemetery for people who were enslaved in 1750, it might have been in use before then. Burials continued through about 1878, more than 50 ...

A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, August 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.