Old Gravesend Cemetery

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LocationGravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates 40°35′40″N73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500 Coordinates: 40°35′40″N73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built1658
NRHP reference No. 80002635 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980
Designated NYCLMarch 23, 1976

Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Bradley T. Frandsen; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Gravesend Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 21 photographs