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The cemetery is run as a non-profit organization and is located at 833 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn in the Cemetery Belt on the border of both boroughs, and its 225 acres are divided by the Jackie Robinson Parkway. Cypress Hills Cemetery retains its two primary entrances at Jamaica Avenue (Cypress Hills, Brooklyn) and Cooper Avenue (Glendale ...
Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a 18.2-acre (7.4 ha) cemetery located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians.
In 1973, approximately 1,700 gravediggers at 47 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area went on strike due to disagreements over the terms of a new labor contract. The strike, which initially only affected Cypress Hills Cemetery, began on April 12 and had spread to every cemetery whose workers were represented by the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 by June 10.
Kings County Cemetery, also known as Kings County Farm Cemetery and Potter's Field (not to be confused with Potter's Field on Hart Island, Bronx), was located on Clarkson Avenue, East Flatbush; Maimonides Cemetery, Cypress Hills; Most Holy Trinity Cemetery (Brooklyn), Bushwick; Mount Hope Cemetery, Cypress Hills; Salem Fields Cemetery, Cypress ...
This category contains people buried at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery, including the largest part at 625 Jamaica Avenue (1884) as well as the Union Grounds (1862) and Mount of Victory (1941) within the Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Oldest Catholic Cemetery on Staten Island, dating from 1848. Saint Peter's Cemetery, Liberty; Saint Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie; Saint Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Lithgow; Saint Raymond's Cemetery, Throggs Neck, The Bronx; Salem Fields Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn; Sandusky Cemetery, Sandusky, Cattaraugus County
The parkway then continues through Mount Carmel Cemetery and Cypress Hills Cemetery, [3] where there are retaining walls on both sides of the highway. [4] Exit 3, Cypress Hills Street, leads to Cypress Hills Cemetery, where Jackie Robinson is buried. [3] At exit 4, Forest Park Drive, the parkway enters Forest Park in Queens. Exit 5 is Myrtle ...
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