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 01-Washington Cemetery.jpg [18]

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