A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The ...

In the early 1970s, two high school filmmakers ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an abandoned space nearby: Ellis Island.

It was a little bit of heaven and a little bit of hell. Immigrants, national dignitaries and newly inducted American citizens assembled yesterday to recall the heyday of Ellis Island and to unveil ...

The Roosevelt Hotel became a refuge for thousands of migrants traveling to New York City from the border. Officials shuttered ...

It’s made of steel. It was built because immigrants kept coming. And it attracts thousands of visitors at Ellis Island.

In response to the modifications made to Phase Four of New York City's reopening, the National Park Service announced that Liberty Island will partially reopen Monday. Ellis Island will remain ...

The public must take a ferry from Jersey City to Ellis Island because the existing bridge has been closed to pedestrians for decades.

Ellis Island, an iconic entry point to America, was also a place of detainment and deportation.

An Irish teenager named Annie Moore was the first immigrant processed at Ellis Island when it opened in 1892. Now her cousin is telling her story onstage, hoping to share a powerful message with a ...