About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a catholic cemetery near Manhattan, Queens County, New York. It lies about 4.0 mi northwest of Manhattan. Wikidata records 272 notable people buried here, including Tony Bennett, Lorenzo Da Ponte and Al Smith. The nearest funeral home we know of is Arthur's Funeral Home in New York, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 91 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 20 of the 49 listings in Queens County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Manhattan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 35 US representatives, 29 actors, 22 Medal of Honor recipients, 16 musicians, 15 writers, 13 baseball players, 13 Civil War veterans, 9 artists.
- Tony Bennett1926-2023American singer
- Lorenzo Da Ponte1749-1838Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Al Smith1873-1944American statesman and governor
- Tony Sirico1942-2022American actor
- Dom DeLuise1933-2009American actor
- Nancy Carroll1903-1965American actress
- Arthur O'Connell1908-1981American stage, film and television actor
- Martin Sheridan1881-1918American athletics competitor
- Claude McKay1889-1948Jamaican American writer, poet
- Nita Naldi1894-1961American actress
- Joe Masseria1886-1931Italian-born American gangster
- Robert Harron1893-1920American actor
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- Una O'Connor1880-1959Irish actress
- Patsy Kelly1910-1981American actress
- Joe Spinell1936-1989American actor
- Kate Bruce1860-1946American silent film actress
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner1877-1953American politician
- Thomas Meighan1879-1936American actor
- Sophie Swetchine1782-1857Russian salon-holder
- Anton Coppola1917-2020American conductor
- Giuseppe Morello1867-1930American mobster
- Tommy Lucchese1899-1967Italian-American crime boss
- Joseph Petrosino1860-1909Italian-American police officer
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr.1910-1991American diplomat and politician
- Texas Guinan1884-1933American Prohibition era saloon keeper and entrepreneur
- Arthur Marvin1859-1911American cinematographer
- Bert Wheeler1895-1968American comedian
- Eleonora de Cisneros1878-1934American opera singer
- Patrick Gilmore1829-1892Irish-American composer and bandmaster
- Willie Keeler1872-1923American baseball player
- Augustin Daly1838-1899American playwright and theatre impresario
- Benjamin Ruggiero1926-1994American mobster
- Charles George Herbermann1840-1916American academic
- James Edward Sullivan1862-1914American sports official
- James Hayden1953-1983American actor
- James Aloysius O'Gorman1860-1943American politician
- James Murray1901-1936American movie actor
- Mickey Welch1859-1941American baseball player
- Wini Shaw1907-1982Actress
- Bernard Durning1893-1923American silent film actor
- Dominick Napolitano1930-1981American mobster
- Ignazio Lupo1877-1947American mob boss
- Paul Kelly1876-1936American criminal
- Adolph Alexander Weinman1870-1952American sculptor
- Francine Larrimore1898-1975American actress
- Francis J. Herron1837-1902United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- John J. Boylan1878-1938American politician
- Nicholas Morello1890-1916American mobster
- Patrick W. Skehan1909-1980American university teacher
- Achmed Abdullah1881-1945Writer
- Ciro Terranova1887-1938American mobster
- James J. Delaney1901-1987American politician
- John Fox1835-1914American congressman
- Margit Bokor1900-1949Opera and operetta singer
- Martin J. Kennedy1892-1955American politician
- Thomas J. Manton1932-2006American politician and United States Marine
- Timothy Sullivan1862-1913American politician from New York
- Vito Bonventre1875-1930American mobster
- Wilton Lackaye1862-1932American actor
- Annie Moore1874-1924First immigrant to pass through Ellis Island
- Benjamin Wood1820-1900American politician
- Christopher D. Sullivan1870-1942American politician
- Daniel C. Oliver1865-1924American congressman for New York
- Herman Ridder1851-1915American publisher
- Hugh J. Grant1858-1910American politician (1858-1910); 88th Mayor of New York City (from 1889 to 1892)
- Jess Osuna1928-2011American actor
- Natale Evola1907-1973American mobster
- Thomas Francis Smith1865-1923American congressman for New York
- Thomas J. Barr1812-1881American politician
- Thomas J. Bradley1870-1901American politician
- Timothy J. Campbell1840-1904American politician
- Vincenzo Terranova1886-1922American mobster
- Anthony Carfano1898-1959American mobster
- Benjamin Franklin DeCosta1831-1904American clergyman and historian
- Carmine Tramunti1910-1978American mobster
- Edward J. Dunphy1856-1926American politician
- Francis Crowley1911-1932American criminal who went on a 3-month crime spree in the New York-area in 1931 and captured after a 2-hour standoff with the NYPD
- Frank T. Fitzgerald1857-1907American politician
- James O'Brien1841-1907Irish-born American congressman for New York
- John F. Carew1873-1951American politician
- Joseph V. Flynn1883-1940American congressman for New York
- Marcellus H. Evans1884-1953American politician
- Michael F. Conry1870-1917American politician
- Patrick J. Carley1866-1936United States Representative from New York, 1927-1935
- Peter Joseph Dooling1857-1931American politician
- Robert Augustus Sweeney1853-1890United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Devin1822-1878Union Army general
- Thomas E. Murray1860-1929American inventor and businessman
- William R. Roberts1830-1897American politician, New York
- Abraham Dowdney1841-1886Politician and Union United States Army officer
- Adolfo Müller-Ury1862-1947American painter
- Charles H. Byrne1843-1898American baseball manager
- Daniel J. Riordan1870-1923American congressman for New York
- Edward McGlynn1837-1900American priest
- Frederic René Coudert Sr.1832-1903American lawyer
- James J. Walsh1858-1909American politician, New York
- John H. McCarthy1850-1908American politician
- John Quinn1839-1903Irish-born American congressman for New York
- Joseph Lanza1901-1968Italian American organized crime figure
- Mary Anne Sadlier1820-1903Irish American novelist
- May Agnes Fleming1840-1880Canadian novelist
- Michael Corcoran1827-1863Union Army general
- Miles M. O'Brien1852-1910American banker
- Peter P. Mahoney1848-1889American congressman for New York
- Philip Martiny1858-1927American artist
- Robert Dineen1937-1961Figure skater
- Steve Brodie1863-1901American vaudeville performer
- Steve Ferrigno1900-1930Italian American mobster
- Tess Gardella1894-1950American actress
- Thomas Jefferson Ryan1890-1968American politician from New York
- Victor Prevost1820-1881American photographer
- William H. McElfatrick1854-1922American architect
- Alfred E. Santangelo1912-1978American politician
- Carmine DeSapio1908-2004American politician
- Charles D. Donohue1880-1928American lawyer and politician
- Charles Francis Murphy1858-1924American politician
- David Braham1834-1905British-born American composer
- Ed Kennedy1856-1905American baseball player
- Edward Le Roy Rice1871-1938American minstrel performer
- Frank A. Oliver1883-1968U.S. Representative from New York
- Grover Whalen1886-1962New York City politician
- Ira E. Rider1868-1906American politician
- Jackie Hayes1861-1905Major League Baseball player, manager
- James A. Foley1882-1946American politician
- James Fitzgerald1851-1922American politician, New York
- James Oliver1844-1911American lawyer and politician from New York
- James Patrick Holland1865-1941American labor leader
- Jim Kennedy1862-1904American baseball manager
- John Hayes1855-1904Major League Baseball left fielder
- John J. Scannell1841-1918Tammany Hall politician
- Michael F. Farley1863-1921American politician
- Mickey Spillane1934-1977American mobster
- Patrick F. Trainor1863-1902American politician
- Richard F. McKiniry1878-1950American politician
- Sylvester Malone1821-1906Irish ecclesiastical historian and catholic priest
- Terry Larkin1856-1894Major League Baseball pitcher
- Thomas C. O'Sullivan1857-1913American politician
- Thomas E. Corcoran1839-1904United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas F. Grady1853-1912American politician
- Thomas P. Noonan, Jr.1943-1969United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Thornton Reilley1883-1940American football coach
- William J. Fallon1886-1927Lawyer
- William J. Scanlan1856-1898American actor and composer
- Bernard Downing1869-1931American politician
- Cornelius Cronin1838-1912United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Dan Bryant1833-1875American blackface actor and musician
- Daniel E. Finn Sr.1845-1910American politician in New York
- Daniel F. Cohalan1867-1946American judge
- Dasher Troy1856-1938Major League Baseball player
- Dennis J. Harte1866-1917American politician
- Edward Abraham Byrne1864-1938American civil engineer
- Edwin de Leon1818-1891American diplomat
- Eliakim P. Scammon1816-1894Union Army general
- Ellen McKenna1819-1883Irish Sisters of Mercy nun, American civil war nurse and teacher
- Ernesto Rossi1903-1931American gangster
- Eugene Higgins1874-1958American painter and engraver
- Eugene Kelly1808-1894Irish-American merchant, banker, and philanthropist
- Ferruccio Corradetti1867-1939Italian baritone
- Filomena Spagnuolo1903-1987American actress
- Frank Bowes1865-1895Major League Baseball player
- Hermann Ziegner1864-1898United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- James J. Morton1861-1938American vaudeville entertainer
- James Jay Coogan1845-1915American politician
- James Rowan O'Beirne1839-1917American soldier
- Jim Shanley1854-1904Major League Baseball player
- Kick Kelly1856-1926Major League Baseball umpire
- Lionel Mapleson1865-1937Librarian of the Metropolitan Opera
- Luigi Fugazy1839-1930Italian American businessman and padrone
- Marcus Daly1908-1969American politician
- Mario J. Cariello1907-1985New York politician and judge
- Mary Letitia Martin1815-1850Irish writer
- Michael Fiaschetti1882-1960American police officer
- Nicholas J. Hayes1856-1928American fire commissioner
- Ricardo de Acosta1837-1907Cuban steamship-line executive and sugar refiner
- Robert Maloney1856-1908Major League Baseball player
- Stanislaus Stange1862-1917American librettist and lyricist
- Thomas A. Ledwith1840-1898American politician
- Thomas Hoban1872-1939United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas J. Drennan1877-1928American Fire commissioner
- Ti Manno1953-1985Haitian musician
- William J. Creelman1874-1928United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William McNamara1835-1912Irish-born soldier in the 4th U.S. Army Cavalry
- Andrew L. Drummond1844-1921American detective (1844-1921); United States Secret Service chief
- Anne Adelaide Stearns1894-1921American socialite
- Catherine Mary Hogan1864-1941(1864-1941) husband of Thomas Morrissey
- Charles Devlin1805-1881American civil servant
- Christopher A. Santora1977-2001American firefighter of FDNY (1977-2001), first responder and victim the September 11 attacks
- Dan Kerrigan1843-1880Longtime political organizer and "fixer" for Tammany Hall.
- Delia Conboy1884-1917(1884-1917) 1st wife of James Carr
- Delia Leary1878-1933(1878-1933) wife of Martin Carr
- Dennis Conlan1838-1870Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward Brown, Jr.1841-1911Medal of Honor recipient
- Edward Heinlein1870-1949German-American clergyman
- Edward J. McGuire1861-1934American lawyer
- Edward James White III1971-2001American firefighter (FDNY), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Elizabeth Frazer1855-1914First wife of Richard Croker
- Eugenia Kelly1895-1936American heiress and socialite
- Florence Croker1884-1958Eldest daughter of Richard Croker
- Frank H. Croker1878-1905American racing driver
- Franz Kramer1865-1924United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Gene Roberti1930-2020American college basketball and baseball coach
- George W. Ford1844-1883Medal of Honor recipient
- George Washington DeLap1857-1901American physician, coroner
- Henry A. Thompson1841-1889United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry O'Briendied 1863Union United States Army officer
- Ida Wood1838-1932British-American recluse and third wife of politician and newspaper publisher Benjamin Wood
- James A. Mills1883-1942American photographer
- James Quinlan1833-1906United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Jerry Bryant1828-1861Blackface minstrel performer
- John C. Donnelly1839-1895United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Henry Donnelly1857-1926American politician
- John Joseph Pulleyn1860-1947(1860-1947) American banker
- John P. S. Chidwick1863-1935US Navy chaplain, USS Maine
- Joseph Marie Creamer II1852-1900American coroner
- Joseph William Lawrence II1903-1934(1903-1934) real estate broker
- Kit Burns1831-1870New York gang leader and underworld figure; he and Tommy Hadden co-led the Dead Rabbits during the 1850s.
- Lawrence Virgilio1962-2001American firefighter of FDNY (1962-2001), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Margaret Conboy1868-1918(1868-1918) wife of Frederick Rousseau
- Maria Hogan1848-1924(1848-1924) husband of Patrick Noonan
- Michael Emmett Brennan1973-2001American firefighter of FDNY (1973-2001), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Michael J. Elferis1973-2001American firefighter (FDNY), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Pat McGeedied 1889American baseball player
- Patrick Clooney1840-1862Union army captain of the American Civil War
- Patrick George Fitzgibbons1882-1935(1882-1935) New York City Police Glee Club
- Patrick Ginley1822-1917
- Patrick H. Doody1840-1924Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick H. Keenan1837-1907American politician, coroner
- Peter Rafferty1845-1910American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Raffaleo Grimaldo1880-1968(1880-1968) Feliks Szczęsny's killer
- Ranieri Vilanova1827-1913
- Renato Toppo1904-1942(1904-1942) American photographer
- Richard Byrnes1832-1864Union Army officer
- Robert D. McMahon1965-2001American firefighter (FDNY), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Rody Cooney1902-1965American basketball player and coach
- Samuel J. Foley1862-1922American politician in New York
- Thomas Burke1842-1902Irish soldier
- Thomas Constantine Finnell1827-1890American physician
- Thomas Francis Meehan1854-1942American journalist and author
- Thomas Joseph Rousseau1891-1942
- Timothy Patrick Sullivan1869-1909American politician
- Tonio Silvio Resnati1893-1918Italian aviator
- William C. Connor1832-1912Medal of Honor recipient
- William Henry Rice1844-1907American blackface minstrel performer
- Ysidro Pendas1844-1902Cigar manufacturer
- Augusto Coppola1882-19461883
- Captain Richard Alsop1659-1718- Abt 11 Oct 1718/8 Nov 1718 Newtown, New York
- Charles Coudert1834-1897American lawyer
- Charles DuPont Coudert1875-1964
- Charles Marie Albert Bilordeaux1846-1919Photographer
- Edward J. Buckley1843-1897Actor
- Hannah Underhill1666-17572 Dec 1666 Flushing, New York - 23 Aug 1757 Newtown, New York
- Helen Mapleson1869-1961Contralto; wife of Lionel Mapleson
- Herbert V. Crokerdied 1905(died 1905)
- Howard Croker1882-1956(born 1882)
- J. Walter Collier1860-1920American theatrical manager
- James Aloysius O'Gorman1898-1946American lawyer
- Jane W. Di Paoladied 2011Ph.D. City University of New York 1967
- Joseph Francis Daly1840-1916American jurist
- Margaret A. Hughes1832-1899Millionaire of NYC
- Paul J. Traficante1918-1944First lieutenant, United States Army; fallen operative in Ginny Mission II
- Peter A. Mallon1870-1926Warden of The Tombs
- Peter J. O'Donohue1836-1888Millionaire
- Samuel Frazer1822-1876
- Sarafina Saracino1893-1911Victim of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
- Stephen Philbin Anderton1874-1947American lawyer and author
- Teresina Saracino1895-1911Victim of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
- Thomas D. Breen1868-1936Vaudeville actor and comedian
- Thomas Edward Murray1891-1961US Atomic Energy Commission Commissioner from May 9, 1950 to June 30, 1957.
- Timothy O'Meara1836-1863American Civil War officer
- Vincenza Pinelli1881-1911Victim of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
- Virginia Coudert1863-1913
- William H. Gelshenen1848-1902American banker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary 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.
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What Calvary 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
- First Calvary Cemetery4902 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Manhattan, NYCemetery0.0 mi
- Alsop Family CemeteryManhattan, NYFamily cemetery0.2 mi
- New Calvary CemeteryManhattan, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Mount Zion Cemetery59-63 54th Avenue, Maspeth, NYJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Ahawith Chesed CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Linden Hill Jewish CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Linden Hill United Methodist CemeteryQueens, NYMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryQueens, NYChurch cemetery2.0 mi
- Moore-Jackson Cemetery31-36 51st Street, Manhattan, NYCemetery2.0 mi
- Leverich CemeteryManhattan, NYCemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- Arthur's Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 389-8500
- Edward D Lynch Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Sunnyside · (718) 784-1525
- Sparrow A Contemporary Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (212) 920-5422
- Stobierski Lucas Gardenview Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 383-7910
- Evergreen Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 383-8600
- Conway Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Woodside · (718) 639-3220
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Frequently asked questions
Is Calvary Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic 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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