City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long by 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide. City Island is located at the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay Park, and east of Eastchester Bay.
Aerial view of City Island (left) and Hart Island (right)
Looking southwest at marina and distant Throgs Neck Bridge
St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
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.
Aerial view of Hart Island, in 2012
A trench at the potter's field on Hart Island, circa 1890 by Jacob Riis
Convalescent Hospital on Hart Island, 1877