A historic year on Hart Island
Hart Island burials rose during the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to mid-1990s. Since 2000, only 650 to 850 adults have been buried on the island each year. In 2020, those numbers tripled.
Adult
burials
Burials with
unknown ages
In refrigerated trucks
as of March 11, 2021
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
1980
A historic year on Hart Island
Hart Island burials rose during the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to mid-1990s. Since 2000, only 650 to 850 adults have been buried on the island each year. In 2020, those numbers tripled.
Adult
burials
Burials with
unknown ages
In refrigerated trucks
as of March 11, 2021
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
1980
A historic year on Hart Island
Hart Island burials rose during the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to mid-1990s. Since 2000, only 650 to 850 adults have been buried on the island each year. In 2020, those numbers tripled.
Adult burials
Burials with unknown ages
In refrigerated trucks as of March 11, 2021
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
1980
A historic year on
Hart Island
Hart Island burials rose during the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to mid-1990s. Since 2000, only 650 to 850 adults have been buried on the island each year. In 2020, those numbers tripled.
Adult
burials
Burials with
unknown ages
In refrigerated trucks
as of March 11, 2021
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1990
‘20
2000
1980
2010