Green - Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York

Green - Wood Cemetery is a cemetery near Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. It lies about 2.2 mi east of Brooklyn. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 1,727 notable people buried here, including Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Leonard Bernstein and Paul Auster. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 970181. The nearest other listed cemetery is Quaker Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Crematory in Brooklyn, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Kings County, and 96 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brooklyn. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 176 writers, 121 business leaders, 104 US representatives, 103 artists, 70 actors, 61 journalists, 51 Civil War veterans, 43 inventors and engineers.

• Samuel Finley Breese Morse1791-1872
  American inventor and painter
• Leonard Bernstein1918-1990
  American conductor and composer
• Paul Auster1947-2024
  American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter
• Henry George1839-1897
  American political economist and journalist
• Margaret Sanger1879-1966
  American birth control activist and nurse
• Jean-Michel Basquiat1960-1988
  American artist
• Horace Greeley1811-1872
  American politician and publisher
• Lola Montez1821-1861
  Irish dancer and actress
• Henry Draper1837-1882
  American physician and astronomer
• Henry Ward Beecher1813-1887
  American clergyman and activist
• Eunice Newton Foote1819-1888
  American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist
• Frank Morgan1890-1949
  Actor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Green - Wood 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.

• Quaker Cemetery

  Brooklyn, NY
  Quaker cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Flatbush African Burial Ground

  2286 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Washington Cemetery

  5400 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · est. 1850
  Jewish cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Holy Cross Cemetery

  3620 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Old New Utrecht Cemetery

  Brooklyn, NY
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Trinity Churchyard

  New York City, NY
  Baptist cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Trinity Church Cemetery

  New York City, NY
  Church cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Old Gravesend Cemetery

  Brooklyn, NY
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• First Shearith Israel Graveyard

  59 Saint James Place, New York, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  4.2 mi
• St. Paul's Churchyard

  New York City, NY
  Christian cemetery

  4.2 mi

• Crematory

  Cremation provider · Brooklyn
  0.4 mi
• Shomrei Hachomos Orthodox Chapels

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (718) 435-8100
  0.6 mi
• Lockwood Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Brooklyn · (718) 788-0050
  0.6 mi
• Las Rosas Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 768-3704
  0.6 mi
• Greenwood Heights Funeral and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Brooklyn · (718) 768-1212
  0.6 mi
• Joseph A Brizzi and Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 436-3316
  0.7 mi

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