The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a short distance away in Jersey City. It is part of two separate renovation projects totaling $117.7 million ...

Annual arrivals at Ellis Island grew from 200,000 in 1896 to 900,000 by 1905, requiring ever more doctors to perform exams. These took place after the new arrivals had deposited their luggage and ...

To two teenagers from New Jersey, Ellis Island was a forbidden mystery that was tantalizingly close to shore, so we began venturing to the island in a tiny rowboat with a 16-millimeter camera.

Ellis Island and the nearby Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island, remain the nation’s two most visible symbols of immigration and the role it has played in the U.S.