The Yankee Ferry, the last surviving Ellis Island ferryboat, is back on the market for $1.25 million following the recent death of designer Victoria MacKenzie-Childs. The final voyage of the Yankee ...

Windows on the south side of the Great Hall at Ellis Island frame the Statue of Liberty, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. With the unveiling of a new exhibition next month, Ellis Island is ...

The Peopling of America Center at Ellis Island, new major exhibitions that chronicle immigration to America before the processing station at Ellis Island opened in 1892 and after it closed in 1954, ...

They join past honorees that include U.S. presidents and Nobel Laureates whose achievements strengthened our nation.

Moms for Liberty will stage a $1,500-per-ticket celebration with fireworks on Ellis Island this Sunday, marking both America’s 250th birthday and the group’s fifth anniversary. The event, featuring ...

They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet ...

Part of JR’s ‘Unframed — Ellis Island’ installation (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of New York City’s most haunting ruins has direct views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan ...

All of my grandparents emigrated from St. Kitts. Records of my paternal grandparents are available on the Ellis Island website between 1912 and 1922, but none of my maternal grandparents can be ...

Ellis Island will reopen to the public Monday, almost exactly a year after Superstorm Sandy’s swells reached 8 feet and badly damaged the former U.S. immigration entry point. “We are delighted to be ...

Ellis Island has a new facade tha features a screen with more than 1,200 square feet of LED lights, a revised porte cochere and fresh landscaping. Photo Credit: Ellis Island Casino & Hotel Ellis ...

Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. -- or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and ...