Exploring Green-Wood Cemetery: New York Citys First Garden Cemetery | Prospect Park West Entrance,Brooklyn,11218,US | October 6, 2024 (2024)

FAQs

Who famous is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn? ›

Residents include Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Charles Ebbets, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Horace Greeley, baseball legends, politicians, artists, entertainers, inventors, and Civil War generals.

Established in 1838 as one of America's first rural cemeteries, Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and quickly became the fashionable place to be buried.

All will be welcome to learn about the Cemetery's beautiful landscape, unique history, and its core assets of art, history, and nature, seven days a week. Admission is free.

Walk on Your Own

Grab a free map (PDF here) at any entrance and stroll the grounds on your own, or download our free Mobile App, available in English and Spanish from the App Store and Google Play. You will discover a peaceful oasis amid the urban bustle of New York.

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Founded in 1899, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the final resting place to more of Hollywood's founders and stars than anywhere else in the world.

Many people visit Evergreen Cemetery to site see the luscious landscape and to visit the grave sites of some of the famous people buried here. Some of those people include: Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Clark (1725-1794) Famed Author, Stephen Crane (1876 – 1900)

In addition, Greenwood has expanded two sections dedicated to Catholic families, and three sections dedicated to members of the Jewish faith. It also has sections dedicated to fraternal organizations, such as our fallen firefighters' memorial garden.

Green-Wood's roads are shared between pedestrians and vehicles. We ask that while driving you use caution and drive slowly. Please be mindful of those walking, especially as you turn corners.

Each cemetery has its own policies on the type of grave markers allowed, and costs vary according to a number of factors, including material, size and customization. Most people buy grave markers from a funeral home or cemetery, but they can also be purchased elsewhere and installed by your cemetery for a fee.

How deep is a green burial grave? ›

The Green Burial Councils recommended depth is 3.5 feet. A minimum distance of 18 inches is needed to keep the body out of the “smell zone.” The distance between the deceased and the surface that makes the odor noticeable to humans or other animal species.

A magnet for history buffs and bird watchers, Green-Wood is a Revolutionary War historic site (the Battle of Long Island was fought in 1776 across what is now its grounds), a designated site on the Civil War Discovery Trail, and a registered member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System.

-Ask for permission for night-time visits

If you wander into a cemetery after dark, you need to get permission, or you risk getting into trouble. While visiting in the dark may seem the scariest, you still need to be respectful of the rules of the cemetery and get permission to be there at night.

About The Landmark

Green-Wood is a rural cemetery located in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, established in 1838 by one of the borough's most prominent social leaders, Henry Evelyn Pierrepont. There are approximately 600,000 graves dispersed among the cemetery's 478 acres.

Nearly 65,000 people are buried here, including the poet Sydney Lanier, philanthropists Johns Hopkins and Enoch Pratt, Napoleon Bonaparte's sister-in-law Betsy Patterson, John Wilkes Booth, and numerous military, political and business leaders.