List of Jewish cemeteries in New York City
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.
Name | Borough | Neighborhood | Opened | Closed | Website | Image | Ref. |
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Acacia Cemetery | Queens | Ozone Park | 1891 | No | — | [1] | |
Baron Hirsch Cemetery | Staten Island | Graniteville | 1899 | No | Yes | [2] | |
Bayside Cemetery | Queens | Ozone Park | 1865 | No | — | [1][3] | |
Beth El Cemetery | Queens | Ridgewood | 1864 | No | — | ||
Beth Olam Cemetery | Brooklyn and Queens | Cypress Hills | 1851 | No | Yes | [4] | |
First Shearith Israel Graveyard | Manhattan | Two Bridges | 1682 | 1833 | – | [5][6] | |
Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery | Queens | Ridgewood | 1875 | No | — | ||
Machpelah Cemetery | Queens | Ridgewood | 1855 | 1980 | – | [7] | |
Maimonides Cemetery | Brooklyn | Cypress Hills | 1853 | 1900 | — | ||
Mokom Sholom Cemetery | Queens | Ozone Park | 1864 | No | — | [1] | |
Old Montefiore Cemetery | Queens | Springfield Gardens | 1908 | No | Yes | [8] | |
Mount Carmel Cemetery | Queens | Glendale | 1906 | No | Yes | [9] | |
Mount Hebron Cemetery | Queens | Flushing | 1909 | No | Yes | [10][11] | |
Mount Hope Cemetery | Brooklyn | Cypress Hills | 1881 | No | — | ||
Mount Judah Cemetery | Queens | Ridgewood | 1908 | No | Yes | ||
Mount Lebanon Cemetery | Queens | Glendale | 1914 | No | Yes | ||
Mount Neboh Cemetery | Queens | Glendale | 1886 | No | — | [12] | |
Mount Richmond Cemetery | Staten Island | Richmondtown | 1909 | No | Yes | [13] | |
Mount Zion Cemetery | Queens | Maspeth | 1893 | No | Yes | ||
Salem Fields Cemetery | Brooklyn | Cypress Hills | 1852 | 1900 | — | [14] | |
Second Shearith Israel Cemetery | Manhattan | Greenwich Village | 1805 | 1830 | – | [5][15] | |
Silver Lake Cemetery | Staten Island | Sunnyside | 1892 | No | Yes | [13][16] | |
Third Shearith Israel Cemetery | Manhattan | Chelsea | 1829 | 1851 | – | [5][17] | |
Union Field Cemetery | Queens | Ridgewood | 1926 | No | Yes | ||
United Hebrew Cemetery | Staten Island | Richmondtown | 1908 | No | — | ||
Washington Cemetery | Brooklyn | Mapleton | 1850 | No | — | [18] |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Leduff, Charlie (November 24, 1996). "3 Cemeteries Are Haunted By Vandals". The New York Times.
- ^ Grunlund, Maura. "Apathy, Neglect and Vines Overtake Staten Island Cemetery". Staten Island Advance. Advance Publications, at silive.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c Chandler, Adam (August 26, 2011). "The Hidden and Historic Jewish Cemeteries of Manhattan". Tablet.
- ^ "Chatham Square Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ Kilgannon, Corey (October 31, 2008). "Houdini's Final Trick, a Tidy Grave". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (July 1, 2014). "Thousands Beat Path to Queens Cemetery to Remember a Jewish Leader". The New York Times.
- ^ Ross, Michelle (August 8, 2022). "Families: Headstones cracking, grave beds sinking at Queens cemetery". Pix 11. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ Toscano, John (May 29, 2002). "Historian Jeff Gottlieb Creates 'Jewish Heritage Trail' In Queens". The Queens Gazette.
- ^ Bertrand, Donald (May 26, 2002). "For boro, such a trail Jewish heritage map to be light & serious". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Division of Cemeteries: Department of State, New York" (PDF). State of New York. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bedoire, Fredric (2004). The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830–1930. KTAV. pp. 426–427. ISBN 978-0-88125-808-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ "West 11th Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Dwyer, Jim (March 31, 2009). "On Staten Island, A Jewish Cemetery Where All Are Equals In Death". The New York Times.
- ^ "21st Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity. New York: J.H. Leonard. 1901. pp. 90–91. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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Jewish cemeteries in New York City
no longer exists, bodies moved to other cemeteries |
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still exists, but burials are no longer permitted |
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burials still permitted |
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- none
- Beth Olam Cemetery
- Maimonides Cemetery
- Mount Hope Cemetery
- Salem Fields Cemetery
- Washington Cemetery
- Acacia Cemetery
- Bayside Cemetery
- Beth El Cemetery (New Union Field)
- Hungarian Union Field Cemetery
- Knollwood Park Cemetery
- Linden Hill Cemetery
- Machpelah Cemetery
- Mokom Sholom Cemetery
- Montefiore Cemetery
- Mount Carmel Cemetery
- Mount Hebron Cemetery
- Mount Judah Cemetery
- Mount Lebanon Cemetery
- Mount Neboh Cemetery
- Mount Zion Cemetery (Elmweir)
- New Mount Carmel Cemetery
- Union Field Cemetery
- Baron Hirsch Cemetery
- Mount Richmond Cemetery
- Silver Lake Cemetery
- United Hebrew Cemetery