Hart Island
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.
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 (1.6 km) long by 0.33 miles (0.53 km) wide, Hart Island is part of the Pelham Islands archipelago and is east of City Island.
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Worth seeing in and around Hart Island
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pelham Bay Park
Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City.
3.5 km · public park in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia - 02Beacon Towers
Beacon Towers was a Gilded Age mansion on Sands Point in the village of Sands Point on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. It was built from 1917 to 1918 for Alva Belmont, the ex-wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt and the widow, since 1908, of Oliver Belmont.
3.8 km · mansion on Sands Point in the village of Sands Point on the North Shore of Long Island, New York · Wikipedia - 03Execution Rocks Light
Execution Rocks Light is a lighthouse in the middle of Long Island Sound on the border between New Rochelle and Sands Point, New York. It stands 55 feet tall, with a white light flashing every 10 seconds.
3.9 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 04Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach is the only public beach in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The 115-acre, 1.1-mile-long beach is part of Pelham Bay Park and is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound.
2.4 km · Public beach in New York City · Wikipedia - 05Stepping Stones Light
Stepping Stones Light is a Victorian-style lighthouse in Long Island Sound, in Nassau County, New York. The lighthouse is square-shaped and made of red brick, standing one-and-a-half stories high.
3.2 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 06City Island Bridge
The City Island Bridge is a bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck on the mainland. The original bridge, which carried vehicles from 1901 to 2015, was replaced by the current bridge, which opened in 2017.
2 km · bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck · Wikipedia - 07Bartow-Pell Mansion
The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx. The two-story building, designed in the mid-19th century by an unknown architect, has a Greek Revival facade and federal interiors and is the last surviving manor house in the Pelham Bay Park area.
3.7 km · landmark and museum located in Pelham Bay Park, New York City · Wikipedia - 08Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 116 City Island Avenue in The Bronx, New York, New York. The church was built in 1862 in the Carpenter Gothic style, and the rectory was built around that year in the Italian Villa style.
1.8 km · church building in The Bronx, United States of America · Wikipedia - 09John Philip Sousa House
The John Philip Sousa House – also known historically as Wildbank – is a historic house at 12 Hicks Lane in Sands Point, New York, United States, overlooking Manhasset Bay. Built in 1907, it was the home of composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa from 1912 until his death in 1932.
3.5 km · historic house in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 10Pelham Bridge
The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River.
4 km · bridge in the Bronx, New York · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hart Island
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 12 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 24 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 38 km
- Hartford → Hart Island136 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · $13–18
- Philadelphia → Hart Island155 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · $14–20
- Albany → Hart Island200 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · $20–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hart Island
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hart Island. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIf you happen to be staying in or venturing to the southeast Bronx, consider taking a NYC Ferry to the Soundview (connections to buses Bx39 and Bx27) or Throgs Neck docks (free parking) for a more unique experience than riding the subway underground (you'll do plenty of that in NYC).
- Get aroundIf the salt water views are making you thirsty, grab a drink at the ferry's snack bar.
- Get aroundThe fare is a flat $4 with free transfers to other ferries for 120 minutes.
- Get aroundCheck the official NYC Ferry website for current maps and schedules.
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Next door to Hart Island
Hart Island is 8 km from The Bronx, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- City Islandisland and neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City1.5 km
- Rat Islandisland in the Bronx, New York City, United States1 km
- Hunter Islandpeninsula in the Bronx, New York City, United States3.1 km
- High Islandisland in the Bronx, New York City, United States1.6 km
- The Blauzesislands in the Bronx, New York City, United States, part of the Pelham Islands1.1 km
- Eastchester BaySound in New York City, USA3.5 km