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There are some shared characteristics of cemeteries in North Bergen. In the Annual report of the National Board of Health in 1879 four cemeteries, historically Grove Church, Hoboken, Machpelah, and Weehawken, all lie on the western side of the Hudson Palisades which gives them similar soil deposits and somewhat uniquely, the presence of trap rock on the grounds. [3]
Interstate 278 (I-278) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States. The road runs 35.62 miles (57.32 km) from US Route 1/9 (US 1/9) in Linden, New Jersey, northeast to the Bruckner Interchange in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of human and pet cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com.Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience."
Once known as "Pauper Burial Ground", "Colored Cemetery of Flushing" and "Martins Field", it was purchased by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation on December 2, 1914, and renamed in 2009 to "The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground". [2] [3] It is co-located with a children's playground called "Martin’s Field". [2]
The Flushing Friends Quaker Meeting House was built in 1694 as a small frame structure on land acquired in 1692 by John Bowne and John Rodman in Flushing, New York. The first recorded meeting held there was on November 24, 1694. This original structure is now the easterly third of the current structure, which was expanded 1716-1719. [4]
In addition, the Broadway-Flushing Historic District, Free Synagogue of Flushing, United States Post Office, and Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [112] The Queens Botanical Garden is located on 39 acres (16 ha) between College Point Boulevard and Main Street. [113]
Mokom Sholom Cemetery: Queens: Ozone Park: 1864 No — [1] Old Montefiore Cemetery: Queens: Springfield Gardens: 1908 No Yes [8] Mount Carmel Cemetery: Queens: Glendale: 1906 No Yes [9] Mount Hebron Cemetery: Queens: Flushing: 1909 No Yes [10] [11] Mount Hope Cemetery: Brooklyn: Cypress Hills: 1881 No — Mount Judah Cemetery: Queens: Ridgewood ...
The Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery has a historic section with the graves of several American Revolutionary War veterans, including John Honeyman and James Linn. The earliest known burial is dated 1740. [3] [4] The Ten Eyck House was built about 1890 and features vernacular Queen Anne style. The Lamington Black Cemetery was established ...