About Brookside Cemetery
Brookside Cemetery is a cemetery near Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, New York. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Poestenkill. The grounds sit at about 804 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Phil Rizzuto. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 944869. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hillside Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Perry-Komdat Funeral Chapel, Inc. in Averill Park, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Rensselaer County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Poestenkill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Brookside Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 World War II veteran.
- Phil Rizzuto1917-2007American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Brookside 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
42.68757, -73.54188
What Brookside 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
- Hillside CemeteryPoestenkill, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Fifty Six CemeteryPoestenkill, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Sand Lake Union CemeteryAverill Park, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Bonesteel CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Eagle Mills CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Morrison CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryWynantskill, NYCemetery4.6 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryWest Sand Lake, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Snyder CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery5.0 mi
- Forest Hills CemeteryWynantskill, NYCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Brookside Cemetery
- Perry-Komdat Funeral Chapel, Inc.4.0 miFuneral chapel · Averill Park · (518) 674-3100
- DeGraaf-Bryce Funeral Home Inc.4.4 miFuneral home · West Sand Lake · (518) 674-5790
- Thomas S Connolly Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Wynantskill
- Wynantskill Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Wynantskill · (518) 283-2911
- Daniel D Purcell Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 272-7651
- David D Purcell Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Troy
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