Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York

Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The grounds sit at about 82 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 49 notable people buried here, including Daniel Daly, Clarence Holiday and John Wallace Crawford. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 958291. The nearest other listed cemetery is Salem Field Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sampson Funeral Service in Brooklyn, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Kings County, and 84 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Kings County dates to 1850. 8 of the 15 listings in Kings County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 27 Medal of Honor recipients, 14 Civil War veterans, 5 World War I veterans, 4 Mexican-American War veterans, 4 War of 1812 veterans, 2 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 musician.

• Daniel Daly1873-1937
  United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Clarence Holiday1895-1937
  American musician
• John Wallace Crawford1847-1917
  American scout and poet
• Ludwig Andreas Olsen1845-1886
  United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas W. Egan1836-1887
  American general
• Hiram Cronk1800-1905
  Last surviving U.S. veteran of the War of 1812
• John Nihill1850-1908
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas Weir1838-1876
  Union Army soldier
• Benjamin Kendrick Pierce1790-1850
  United States Army officer
• Edward J. Coughlin1885-1945
  American politician in New York
• John Laver Mather Cooper1828-1891
  United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
• John Mapes Adams1871-1921
  United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

People whose Wikidata entry gives Cypress Hills National Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Salem Field Cemetery

  775 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.2 mi
• B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery

  2 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Hungarian Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Machpelah Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Mount Carmel Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Union Field Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Mount Judah Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.6 mi
• New Union Field Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Mount Neboh Cemetery

  82-07 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Maimonides Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.6 mi

• Sampson Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (718) 277-8000
  0.9 mi
• Funeraria Juan-John's

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 827-1515
  0.9 mi
• Ponce Funeral Homes Inc

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (718) 277-2333
  1.0 mi
• Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
  1.0 mi
• Grace Funeral Chapels

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (718) 235-8088
  1.1 mi
• N F Walker of Queens Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Woodhaven · (718) 296-4343
  1.1 mi

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