Like many places in New York and around the country, Ellis Island was closed during the coronavirus pandemic. At the end of August, the Immigration Museum re-opened at 25% capacity. But one of the ...

The 29-building South Side hospital complex is hidden in plain sight, just to the left of disembarking passengers headed towards the Great Hall on Ellis Island. Looking at its desolate, skeletal frame ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Victoria and Richard Mackenzie-Childs, who live on “The Yankee,” a 150-foot ferryboat, which is moored in a Mariners Harbor shipyard, have launched sunset tours of their ...

Until the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island reopen to visitors, Statue Cruises will offer 60-minute sightseeing tours of New York Harbor four times a day. The tours will run at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 ...

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NEW YORK — Since last year’s terrorist attacks, tourism has plummeted at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, across the harbor from the World Trade Center site. Some foreigners are staying away ...

The good ship Yankee has had many names in her 118 years: Machigonne, Dida, Hook Mountain and League Island. She served in the Navy during both world wars, and has been a tour boat for Lady Liberty.

An immigrant family on the dock at Ellis Island, 1925. (Photo by Bettmann / Getty) At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the easiest ways to get marked for deportation at Ellis Island was ...

The National Park Service is banning commercial tours at parts of the Statue of Liberty. Max Touhey Visitors to Liberty and Ellis islands can expect big changes as of May 16: On the same day that the ...