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The Lawrence Cemetery is located at the corner of 216th Street and 42nd Avenue in Bayside, Queens, New York. It is one of three family burial grounds owned by the Lawrence family in Queens. It was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1967, and is managed today by the Bayside Historical Society.
The Remsen Cemetery is a private burial ground in Queens, New York City, at 69-43 Trotting Course Lane on the border of the Middle Village and Rego Park neighborhoods. The cemetery is on a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) triangle just north of Metropolitan Avenue and one block east of Woodhaven Boulevard. The Remsen Cemetery contains the remains of members of the Remsen family who died between 1790 and the early 19th century. The burials in the cemetery include that of American Revolutionary War colonel Jeromus Remsen (1735–1790), as well as his wife, his brother, and four of his children. The remains of an eighth person, Bridget Remsen, are also in the cemetery.
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- ↑ Richard Cornell Graveyard NYCLPC
- 1 2 3 4 Vertical File. "Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens: Part 1 and Supplemented. Compiled by The Topographical Bureau, Charles U. Powell, C. E. Engineer in Charge and Edited by Alice H. Meigs. Jamaica, New York. 1932.
