Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens)

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Aerial view of the cemetery

Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York. The cemetery occupies the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor Cadwallader Colden.

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History

It was established in 1893 and is still in operation. [1] When Union Cemetery in Brooklyn closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery. [2] As of 2025, Cedar Grove Cemetery reports over 36,000 burials. [3]

Mount Hebron Cemetery was established in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery and is the burial site of several prominent participants in Yiddish theater. [4]

Cedar Grove was a filming location for cemetery scenes in the 1968 film, Bye Bye Braverman . [5]

Notable burials

References

  1. ↑ Carolee Inskeep (1998), The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries , Ancestry Publishing, ISBN   978-0-916489-89-2
  2. ↑ Rhona Amon, The Cemetery Belt, Newsday website, accessed February 20, 2009
  3. ↑ "About". The Cedar Grove Cemetery. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Jeff Gottlieb, Queens Jewish Heritage Trail Archived February 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Published by Queens Jewish Historical Society, Spring 2007
  5. ↑ Bye Bye Braverman – Technical Details Archived 2013-04-19 at archive.today , Theiapolis.com (accessed February 21, 2009)
  6. ↑ The Political Graveyard website, accessed February 20, 2009
  7. ↑ "Eddie Leonard". Daily News. 1941-08-01. p. 40. Retrieved 2023-01-28– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ CWGC casualty record.

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