About Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery is a jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. It was established in 1850. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 36 notable people buried here, including Helen Levitt, Abraham Goldfaden and Lilyan Tashman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 968843. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old New Utrecht Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is I. J. Morris Funeral Directors in Brooklyn, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Kings County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Kings County. 8 of the 15 listings in Kings County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Washington Cemetery
Among them: 8 actors, 8 writers, 2 musicians, 2 physicians, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 basketball player, 1 journalist.
- Helen Levitt1913-2009American photographer
- Abraham Goldfaden1840-1908Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright
- Lilyan Tashman1896-1934American actress
- Louis Nizer1902-1994American lawyer
- David Kessler1860-1920American actor
- Louis B. Heller1905-1993American politician
- Jack Zelig1888-1912American gangster
- John Paley1871-1907American writer
- Moses Horowitz1844-1910American playwright and actor
- Alexander Lambert1863-1929Polish-American pianist
- Louise Allen1872-1909American actress (born 1872)
- Bette Grayson1920-1954American actress
Show all 36 notable burials
- Israel Michalowski1831-1911Hazzan
- Jerry Sterner1938-2001American actor
- Mark Goldberg1879-1926American lawyer and politician
- Mike Saulter1868-1922New York saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City at the start of the 20th century.
- Moe Smith1887-1960American prohibition agent
- Pauline Edelstein1866-1942Yiddish actress
- Philip Klein1849-1926Hungarian-American rabbi
- Siegmund Freudenberg1828-1908(1828-1908) German Jewish American insurance agent
- Arkady Zaltsman1955-2001Moldovan architect (1955-2001), victim of the September 11th attacks
- Auguste Hermann1838-19042nd wife of Siegmund Freudenberg
- David Blaustein1866-1912Belarusian-American rabbi, educator, and social worker
- James Arlington Bennet1788-1863Attorney, newspaper publisher, educator, author
- Lester Yellin1935-1987American college basketball player and coach
- Louis Fridiger1880-1966(1880-1960) American lawyer
- Martin Schoenwald1866-1941(1866-1941) German American cigar salesman
- Max Rogers1873-1932American vaudeville performer
- Moses Israel Shapiro1847-1907Rosh yeshiva in RIETS
- Simon Brainin1854-1911Latvian born physician
- Dovid Yosef Schick1891-1938
- Jacob Grau1817-1877Operatic manager
- Mortimer Ostow1918-2006American psychiatrist and neuroscientist
- Robert Kunitzer1865-1924Hungarian-American physician
- Shlomo Sokolsky1865-1921Hazzan
- Sophia Julian1850-1920Wife of Samuel Gompers
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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
40.61928, -73.97584
What Washington 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
- Old New Utrecht CemeteryBrooklyn, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Old Gravesend CemeteryBrooklyn, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Flatbush African Burial Ground2286 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Green - Wood CemeteryBrooklyn, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery3620 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Quaker CemeteryBrooklyn, NYQuaker cemetery2.8 mi
- Canarsie Cemetery1370 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery5.8 mi
- The Evergreens CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery6.0 mi
- Most Holy Trinity CemeteryCentral Avenue, Queens, NYCatholic cemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Cemetery
- Klein Monuments0.6 miMonument dealer · Brooklyn · (718) 998-2003
- I. J. Morris Funeral Directors0.7 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 377-8610
- Nevsky Yablokoff Memorial Chapels0.7 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 376-6900
- Boulevard Riverside Chapels0.7 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 633-0400
- Dahill Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 336-2900
- Sconzo Anthony Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 339-6880
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
Where is Washington Cemetery located?
Washington Cemetery is at 5400 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11230 in Kings County. GPS coordinates: 40.61928, -73.97584.
Is Washington Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish 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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