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Hart Island (New York)
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Hart Island (New York)
Hart Island
, sometimes referred to as
Hart's Island
, is an island in
New York City
at the western end of
Long Island Sound
. It is approximately a mile long and one quarter of a mile wide and is located to the northeast of
City Island
in the
Pelham Islands
group. The island is the easternmost part of the
borough
of
the Bronx
. The island has been used as a
Union Civil War prison camp
, a
psychiatric institution
, a
tuberculosis sanatorium
,
potter's field
, and a boys'
reformatory
.
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