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.