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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
National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City; New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York; New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz; New York Marble Cemetery, East Village, Manhattan, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City
Prospect Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in the Jamaica section of the New York City borough of Queens. It was established in 1668 and known as the "burring plas." The cemetery's original main gate was on Beaver Road which led from Sutphin Boulevard to Jamaica Avenue. [ 2 ] The cemetery was generally known as the Presbyterian burial ...
The New York City–area cemeteries established under the Rural Cemetery Act grew very large. In 1880, All Faiths Cemetery had more burials than any other non-sectarian cemetery in the U.S., [ 6 ] and in 1904 it was the burial site for all 1,021 people who died when the excursion boat SS General Slocum caught fire and sank during a Sunday ...
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeteries were typically built 1–5 mi (1.6–8.0 km) outside of the city, far enough to be separated from ...
The cemetery's floral and arboreal beauty have become a memorial to Flushing's status as a center of horticulture to this day. [2] During the year of 1853 in which the Flushing Cemetery was founded, the population of Queens County was around 20,000. The land the original site for Flushing Cemetery would rest was the 20-acre John Purchase farm ...
Oakwood was the fourth rural cemetery opened in New York and its governing body was the first rural cemetery association created in the state. It features four man-made lakes, two residential structures, a chapel, a crematorium, 24 mausolea, and about 60,000 graves, and has about 29 miles (47 km) of roads. It is known both for its dense foliage ...
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Chaumont, New York) Christ Church and Manlius Village Cemeteries. Cold Springs Cemetery. Colden Family Cemetery. Jonathan C. Collins House and Cemetery. Collinsville Cemetery (New York) Concordia Cemetery (Buffalo, New York) Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery. Cosman Family Cemetery.