About Mount Zion Cemetery
Mount Zion Cemetery is a jewish cemetery in Maspeth, Queens County, New York. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Marvin Hamlisch, Nathanael West and Lorenz Hart. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957930. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Calvary Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Megiel Funeral Home Inc in Maspeth, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 20 of the 49 listings in Queens County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Mount Zion Cemetery
Among them: 6 actors, 5 writers, 3 artists, 2 musicians, 1 business leader, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Marvin Hamlisch1944-2012American composer and conductor
- Nathanael West1903-1940American writer and screenwriter
- Lorenz Hart1895-1943American lyricist
- Eva Zeisel1906-2011Hungarian artist, industrial designer
- Joseph Ritt1893-1951American mathematician
- Florence Deshon1893-1922Actress
- Edna Luby1884-1928American actress
- Morris Michael Edelstein1888-1941American politician
- Bernard Drachman1861-1945American rabbi
- Meir Blinken1879-1915Jewish-American author, origin from the Russian Empire
- Berta Gersten1894-1972Actress in American Yiddish theater
- Harry Horowitz1889-1914American gangster
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- Adelheid Oppenheimer1848-1907(1848-1907) first wife of Ira Lowe
- Izzy Einstein1880-1938American prohibition agent
- Abraham Hochmann1866-1928
- George Parkin Atwater1874-1932American writer
- Julius C. Fireman1872-1925American artist and illustrator
- Julius Kaletzkidied 1915
- Max Bukanski1848-1904Writer
- Samuel William Schapira1872-1936Polish-American surgeon and urologist
- Sender Jarmulowsky1840-1912Russian Jewish banker
- Abraham M. Glanzer1873-1925Rabbi in Oradea
- Albert Strunsky1868-1941New York City landlord, 1868-1941
- Bernard Bernstein1861-1922American actor
- Isaac L. Bril1874-1936Newspaper editor
- Jakob Großkopf1851-1921Hazzan
- Lillie Sornik1905-1978USA art collector
- Meyer Jarmulowsky1867-1947American banker
- Morris Wechsler1848-1919Rabbi in new york
- Samuel Tornberg1872-1911Polish-American actor in Yiddish theatre
- Saul Elman1865-1940
- Sebastian Smigel1895-1969
- Sylvia Dezon1906-1970American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Zion 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
40.73148, -73.90735
What Mount Zion 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
- New Calvary CemeteryManhattan, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryQueens, NYChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Alsop Family CemeteryManhattan, NYFamily cemetery1.2 mi
- First Calvary Cemetery4902 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Manhattan, NYCemetery1.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryManhattan, NYCatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Linden Hill Jewish CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery1.4 mi
- Ahawith Chesed CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery1.4 mi
- Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NYLutheran cemetery1.4 mi
- Leverich CemeteryManhattan, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- Linden Hill United Methodist CemeteryQueens, NYMethodist cemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Zion Cemetery
- Megiel Funeral Home Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Maspeth · (718) 326-1790
- D'Angelo Funeral Home II, LLC.0.7 miFuneral home · Maspeth · (718) 683-9830
- Kodis Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Maspeth · (718) 326-1658
- Stamatiades Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Woodside · (718) 729-3400
- Thomas M. Quinn & Sons Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Woodside · (718) 721-9200
- Kennedy-Roth Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Woodside · (718) 424-5430
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 Mount Zion Cemetery located?
Mount Zion Cemetery is at 59-63 54th Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 in Queens County. GPS coordinates: 40.73148, -73.90735.
Is Mount Zion 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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