About Quaker Cemetery
Quaker Cemetery is a quaker cemetery near Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. It lies about 1.4 mi southeast of Brooklyn. The grounds sit at about 167 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Montgomery Clift, Charles Tatham and George Wood Wingate. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 962033. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green - Wood Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Legall R Steven Funeral Svce in Brooklyn, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Kings County, and 94 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.
Notable people buried at Quaker Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Montgomery Clift1920-1966American actor
- Charles Tatham1854-1939American fencer
- George Wood Wingate1840-1928American lawyer and Union Army soldier
- William Walton1843-1915American painter, 1843-1915
- Hannah Wharton Haydock1818-1893Abolitionist, philanthropist
- Henry Bowman Cromwell1828-1864Merchant
- Thomas E. Barker1954-1988American composer
- Thomas Hazard1758-1828
- William J. Baner1821-1885American physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Quaker 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.
Map
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What Quaker Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Green - Wood CemeteryBrooklyn, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Flatbush African Burial Ground2286 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery3620 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCatholic cemetery2.0 mi
- Washington Cemetery5400 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · est. 1850Jewish cemetery2.8 mi
- Old New Utrecht CemeteryBrooklyn, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- First Shearith Israel Graveyard59 Saint James Place, New York, NYJewish cemetery3.9 mi
- Trinity ChurchyardNew York City, NYBaptist cemetery3.9 mi
- Trinity Church CemeteryNew York City, NYChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- Canarsie Cemetery1370 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- St. Paul's ChurchyardNew York City, NYChristian cemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Quaker Cemetery
- Legall R Steven Funeral Svce0.9 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 722-7800
- Lockwood Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 788-0050
- Leon W Brown Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 453-1020
- Henry McCaddin & Son Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 789-2222
- Supreme Memorials, Inc.1.1 miMonument dealer · Brooklyn · (718) 788-6697
- Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Brooklyn
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Quaker Cemetery a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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