Hart Island Cemetery

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 Cemetery Management Tracking System (CMTS), 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.

All disinterment requests for individuals who are buried on Hart Island must be submitted by a licensed funeral home.

If a family wants to rebury their loved one at another location, they must work with a licensed funeral home. The funeral home will use the Cemetery Management Tracking System (CMTS) Funeral Home portal to submit the request on behalf of the family.

CMTS Funeral Home Portal

Funeral homes must have a CMTS Funeral Home portal account to submit a disinterment request for an individual who is buried on Hart Island.

Create a CMTS Funeral Home portal account.

Learn how to use the CMTS Funeral Home portal.

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