List of cemeteries in New York City
This is a list of notable cemeteries in New York City.
Manhattan
[edit]- African Burial Ground National Monument, Civic Center[1]
- First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery), Chinatown[2]
- New York Marble Cemetery,[3] East Village, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City
- New York City Marble Cemetery,[4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City.
- Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan
- St. John's Burying Ground[5]
- Second Shearith Israel Cemetery, West Village[6]
- Third Shearith Israel Cemetery, Chelsea[7]
- Trinity Church Cemetery,[8] Financial District
Brooklyn
[edit]- Cypress Hills Cemetery, Cypress Hills
- Flatbush African Burial Ground, Flatbush
- Friends Quaker Cemetery, Windsor Terrace
- Green-Wood Cemetery[9]
- Holy Cross Cemetery, East Flatbush
- Maimonides Cemetery, Cypress Hills
- Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, Bushwick
- Mount Hope Cemetery, Cypress Hills
- Salem Fields Cemetery, Cypress Hills
- Washington Cemetery, Mapleton
- Naval Cemetery Landscape Memorial park NAVY YARD
Brooklyn and Queens
[edit]Queens
[edit]- Acacia Cemetery, Ozone Park
- Bayside Cemetery, Ozone Park
- Beth El Cemetery (New Union Field), Ridgewood
- Calvary Cemetery, Woodside
- Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing
- Cold Springs Cemetery, near Carlisle Gardens
- Flushing Cemetery, Flushing[11]
- Hungarian Union Field Cemetery, Glendale
- Knollwood Park Cemetery, Ridgewood
- Linden Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood
- Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village
- Machpelah Cemetery, Ridgewood[12]
- Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens
- Mokom Sholom Cemetery, Ozone Park
- Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens
- Moore-Jackson Cemetery, Woodside
- Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale[13]
- Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing
- Mount Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood
- Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Ridgewood
- Mount Neboh Cemetery, Glendale
- Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth
- Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery,Flushing
- Mount Zion Cemetery (Elmweir), Maspeth
- New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale
- Remsen Cemetery, Whitepot
- St. George Churchyard Cemetery, Astoria
- St. John Cemetery, Middle Village
- St. Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst[14]
- Union Field, Ridgewood
The Bronx
[edit]- Hart Island[15]
- Pelham Cemetery, City Island
- St. Peter's Church, Chapel, and Cemetery,[16] Westchester Square
- Saint Raymond's Cemetery,[17] Throggs Neck
- West Farms Soldiers Cemetery,[18] West Farms
- Woodlawn Cemetery,[19] Woodlawn
Staten Island
[edit]- Baron Hirsch Cemetery[20]
- Cemetery of the Resurrection[21]
- Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp
- Mount Richmond Cemetery, Richmondtown (second cemetery of the Hebrew Free Burial Association
- Ocean View Cemetery, Richmondtown
- Saint Peter's Cemetery, West New Brighton. Oldest Catholic Cemetery on Staten Island, dating from 1848.
- Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake (first cemetery of the Hebrew Free Burial Association)
- United Hebrew Cemetery, Richmondtown
See also
[edit]- 1973 New York City gravediggers' strike
- List of cemeteries in New York
- List of cemeteries in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ "African Burial Ground National Monument". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "Chatham Square Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "New York Marble Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "New York City Marble Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "James J Walker Park Highlights : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "West 11th Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "21st Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ Julie Besonen (February 6, 2015). "Resting Place for the High and the Low: The Trinity Church Cemetery in Washington Heights Holds Plenty of History". New York Times.
- ^ "Green-Wood Cemetery". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007.
- ^ "Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "Event: Flushing Cemetery Walking Tour at Flushing Cemetery". NYC Parks. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Leduff, Charlie (November 24, 1996). "Houdinis' Plot Is Cleared Up, and Then Thickens". The New York Times. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3d ed.). McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-1476625997.
- ^ "St. Michael's Cemetery". Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Corey Kilgannon (November 15, 2013). "Visiting the Island of the Dead. A Rare Visit to New York's Potter's Field on Hart Island". New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. "St. Peter's Church, Chapel, and Cemetery" (PDF). www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ "Church of Saint Raymond — Cemetery". straymondparish.org. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "Old West Farms Cemetery" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 2, 1967. LP-0624. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail Woodlawn Cemetery". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ Aldermen, New York (N Y. ) Board of (1906). Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen. The Board. p. 1091. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ Feuer, Alan (October 8, 2008). "Awaiting a Burial, This Time an Actual One". The New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
In section 37 of the Cemetery of the Resurrection, a Roman Catholic graveyard on the southern shore of Staten Island, there is an empty grave. Its epitaph is touching: "We love you beyond the moon." Its dates suggest a much-too-early passing: June 6, 1949, to May 26, 1999.
External links
[edit]- Inskeep, Carol. The Graveyard Shift – A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries. ISBN 0-916489-89-2. Ancestry Publishing. Orem, Utah. 2000.