The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, once the symbol of New York City’s migrant crisis, is laying off nearly all of its ...

The 13,000 sq ft main hall featured a 42-foot ceiling ... So much so that former Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums referred to it as the "Ellis Island for the African American community”; a nickname ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.

Before the European colonists came to America, Algonquin-speaking Native American tribes used Ellis Island as a home base to harvest food. The island contained large oyster beds and was also a ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.