About Beth David Cemetery
Beth David Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Elmont, Nassau County, New York. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 38 notable people buried here, including Martin Landau, Sidney Lumet and Andy Kaufman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 943764. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maimonides - Elmont Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Zhonghua Yuan Funeral Home in Hempstead, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Nassau County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Nassau County dates to 1658. 7 of the 92 listings in Nassau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elmont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beth David Cemetery
Among them: 11 writers, 7 actors, 6 musicians, 5 journalists, 2 baseball players, 2 US representatives, 2 World War II veterans, 1 football player.
- Martin Landau1928-2017American actor
- Sidney Lumet1924-2011American director, producer and screenwriter
- Andy Kaufman1949-1984American entertainer
- Herman Wouk1915-2019American writer
- Abe Vigoda1921-2016American actor
- Bernard Herrmann1911-1975American composer and conductor
- Iris Apfel1921-2024American interior designer and fashion icon
- Eduard Bloch1872-1945Austrian physician
- Jackie Mason1928-2021American comedian
- Doc Pomus1925-1991American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter
- Joyce Brothers1927-2013American psychologist and columnist
- Mitchell Parish1900-1993American lyricist
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- Chuck Low1928-2017American character actor
- Harry Strauss1909-1941American contract killer
- Sam Levenson1911-1980American journalist
- Sam Moskowitz1920-1997American science fiction fan
- Sol Kaplan1919-1990American film and television music composer
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal1923-1983American politician
- Herbert Tenzer1905-1993American politician
- Rube Bloom1902-1976American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
- Yosef Eliyahu Henkin1881-1973American rabbi
- Albert Tannenbaum1906-1976American mobster
- Jack Newfield1938-2004American journalist
- Israel Schorr1885-1935American Hazzan
- Sam Ashdied 1956Violinist, teacher, and entrepreneur
- Hirsh Dachowitz1885-1953American rabbi
- Saul Rogovin1923-1995American baseball player
- Walt Singer1911-1992American football player
- Abo Stolzenberg1905-1941American Yiddish poet
- Abraham Soyer1868-1940Hebrew and Yiddish writer
- Abraham W. Grenthal1892-1978American politician
- Simon Langer1897-1987
- Yecheskiel Charles Wortsman1878-1938Zionist journalist in Yiddish
- David Fränkel1876-1948Rabbi, book publisher, bookseller
- Irwin L. Goldstein1937-2013Industrial and organization psychologist, and academic administrator
- Oscar Wesler1921-2013Ph.D. Stanford University 1956
- Raphael de Rothschild1976-2000
- Samuel H. Reiser1914-1989Health Food distributor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beth David 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
40.69871, -73.70430
What Beth David 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
- Maimonides - Elmont Cemetery90 Elmont Road, Elmont, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Elmont Cemetery300 Elmont Road, Elmont, NYJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Pauls German Presbyterian Church CemeteryElmont, NY · est. 1870Presbyterian cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Boniface CemeteryElmont, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryElmont, NYChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Pauper Burial Ground (historical)Bellerose Terrace, NYCemetery2.0 mi
- Montefiore CemeteryElmont, NYJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- Springfield CemeteryElmont, NYChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Johnson Burial GroundBellerose Terrace, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Rockville CemeteryLynbrook, NY · est. 1799Cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Beth David Cemetery
- Sprung Monuments0.5 miMonument dealer · Elmont · (516) 352-1311
- Zhonghua Yuan Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Hempstead · (516) 437-2100
- Elmont Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Elmont
- O'brien-Sheipe Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Hempstead · (516) 285-5856
- E.l. George Funeral Services Inc.1.0 miFuneral home · Elmont · (516) 285-0080
- Krauss Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Franklin Square · (516) 352-2080
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 Beth David Cemetery located?
Beth David Cemetery is at 300 Elmont Road, Elmont, NY 11003 in Nassau County. GPS coordinates: 40.69871, -73.70430.
Is Beth David 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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