List of Jewish cemeteries in New York City

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This is a list of Jewish cemeteries in New York City . Non-sectarian cemeteries in which Jews are buried are not included in this list.

NameBoroughNeighborhoodOpenedClosedWebsiteImageRef.
Acacia Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1891No— Bayside Acacia Cemetery - DSCF8662.JPG [1]
Baron Hirsch Cemetery Staten Island Graniteville 1899No Yes Baron Hirsch cemetery in Graniteville jeh.jpg [2]
Bayside Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1865No— Bayside Cemetery.JPG [1] [3]
Beth El Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1864No—
Beth Olam Cemetery Brooklyn and Queens Cypress Hills 1851No Yes BETH OLAM CEMETERY, BROOKLY, KINGS COUNTY, NY.jpg [4]
First Shearith Israel Graveyard Manhattan Two Bridges 16821833– First-Shearith-Israel-Graveyard.jpg [5] [6]
Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1875No—
Machpelah Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 18551980– Machpelah Cemetery 1024.jpg [7]
Maimonides Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 18531900—
Mokom Sholom Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1864No— [1]
Old Montefiore Cemetery Queens Springfield Gardens 1908No Yes Montefiore Cemetery aerial 2021.jpg [8]
Mount Carmel Cemetery Queens Glendale 1906No Yes Mount Carmel Cemetery (Queens).jpg [9]
Mount Hebron Cemetery Queens Flushing 1909No Yes Main St Qns College td 29 - Grove Cemetery.jpg [10] [11]
Mount Hope Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 1881No—
Mount Judah Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1908No Yes
Mount Lebanon Cemetery Queens Glendale 1914No Yes
Mount Neboh Cemetery Queens Glendale 1886No— [12]
Mount Richmond Cemetery Staten Island Richmondtown 1909No Yes [13]
Mount Zion Cemetery Queens Maspeth 1893No Yes Mount Zion Cemetery looking north.jpg
Salem Fields Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 18521900— Salem Fields Cemetery 1024.jpg [14]
Second Shearith Israel Cemetery Manhattan Greenwich Village 18051830– [5] [15]
Silver Lake Cemetery Staten Island Sunnyside 1892No Yes [13] [16]
Third Shearith Israel Cemetery Manhattan Chelsea 18291851– [5] [17]
Union Field Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1926No Yes
United Hebrew Cemetery Staten Island Richmondtown 1908No—
Washington Cemetery Brooklyn Mapleton 1850No— Washington Cemetery HQ MDonald snow jeh.jpg [18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leduff, Charlie (November 24, 1996). "3 Cemeteries Are Haunted By Vandals". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ Grunlund, Maura. "Apathy, Neglect and Vines Overtake Staten Island Cemetery". Staten Island Advance . Advance Publications, at silive.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Sorah (October 11, 2003). "Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery – In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature". New York Newsday . Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Chandler, Adam (August 26, 2011). "The Hidden and Historic Jewish Cemeteries of Manhattan". Tablet .
  6. ↑ "Chatham Square Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Kilgannon, Corey (October 31, 2008). "Houdini's Final Trick, a Tidy Grave". The New York Times . Retrieved October 31, 2008.
  8. ↑ Flegenheimer, Matt (July 1, 2014). "Thousands Beat Path to Queens Cemetery to Remember a Jewish Leader". The New York Times .
  9. ↑ Ross, Michelle (August 8, 2022). "Families: Headstones cracking, grave beds sinking at Queens cemetery". Pix 11. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ Toscano, John (May 29, 2002). "Historian Jeff Gottlieb Creates 'Jewish Heritage Trail' In Queens". The Queens Gazette.
  11. ↑ Bertrand, Donald (May 26, 2002). "For boro, such a trail Jewish heritage map to be light & serious". New York Daily News .
  12. ↑ "Division of Cemeteries: Department of State, New York" (PDF). State of New York. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  13. 1 2 Thomas Matteo; Joel H. Cohen (January 28, 2015). "Staten Island's Hebrew Free Burial Association: Providing free traditional Jewish burial for 126 years". Staten Island Advance .
  14. ↑ Bedoire, Fredric (2004). The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830–1930. KTAV. pp. 426–427. ISBN   978-0-88125-808-0 – via Google Books.
  15. ↑ "West 11th Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  16. ↑ Dwyer, Jim (March 31, 2009). "On Staten Island, A Jewish Cemetery Where All Are Equals In Death". The New York Times .
  17. ↑ "21st Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  18. ↑ The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity. New York: J.H. Leonard. 1901. pp. 90–91. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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