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Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.The cemetery lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park, and is generally bounded by 20th Street to the northeast, Fifth Avenue to the northwest, 36th and 37th Streets to the southwest, Fort Hamilton Parkway to the south, and McDonald Avenue to the east.
The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...
William Russell Grace (1832–1904) – Irish-American businessman and former Mayor of New York City; Gil Hodges (1924–1972) – Major League Baseball player and manager; Patrick Keely – Architect; Ardolph Loges Kline – New York City Mayor, U.S. Representative; Frank J. Macchiarola – Chancellor of the New York City Schools, 1978–1983
BROOKLYN - Sean "Diddy" Combs was sent to a federal jail in Brooklyn after his sex trafficking arrest, described by his lawyers as having horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths ...
Jose Parla may have moved to Brooklyn, but his Miami ties remain secure. Born in the Magic City to Cuban parents, Parla attended the New World School of the Arts and Miami Dade College before ...
Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. [7] The cemetery is located between South Slope / Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park. Its boundaries include, among other streets, 20th ...
Murder of John Wait. John Black, Mahlon Christie, Isaac Kent, and George Orcote. 4 June 1814 (other accounts indicate date was in the spring of 1812 or around New Year's Eve 1813) [15] Shot. Desertion. James Graham [15] 29 July 1814. Hanging. Murders of Hugh Cameron and Alexander McGiffrey.
Washington Cemetery – eastern edge of cemetery#1, bordering Ocean Parkway. Washington Cemetery is a historical and predominantly Jewish burial ground located at 5400 Bay Parkway in Mapleton, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in Kings County in 1850, outside the independent city of Brooklyn, [1] it became a Jewish burial ground as ...