About Beth El Cemetery
Beth El Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 2.8 mi east of Queens. The grounds sit at about 141 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Edward G. Robinson, Nathan Straus and Oscar Solomon Straus. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 958461. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home in New York, about 0.4 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.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Queens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beth El Cemetery
Among them: 4 business leaders, 3 actors, 2 writers, 1 Civil War veteran.
- Edward G. Robinson1893-1973Romanian-American actor
- Nathan Straus1848-1931German-American businessman
- Oscar Solomon Straus1850-1926American politician and diplomat
- Arthur Garfield Hays1881-1954American lawyer
- George Washington Lederer1862-1938American theatre producer and director
- Helen Aberson1907-1999American writer
- A. L. Erlanger1859-1930American theatre manager
- Arthur Kline Kuhn1876-1954American jurist
- Max James Kohler1871-1934American jurist, historian, and Jewish communal worker
- David H. Lindauer1832-1900
- Gus Rogers1869-1908American vaudeville performer
- Moses Herrman1858-1927American lawyer and politician
Show all 16 notable burials
- Raphael Lasker1838-1904Rabbi
- Roger Williams Straus1891-1957American corporation executive and educational administrator
- Victor Henry Rothschild1835-1911American businessman
- Lee Kohns1864-1927American banker and philanthropist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beth El 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
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What Beth El 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 Union Field CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.0 mi
- Machpelah CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- Mount Neboh Cemetery82-07 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NYJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Union Field CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Hungarian CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Mount Judah CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery2 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NYJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Cypress Hills Cemetery833 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Cypress Hills National Cemetery625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NYNational cemetery0.6 mi
Funeral homes near Beth El Cemetery
- Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
- George Werst Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Queens
- Werst & LaBella Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Glendale · (718) 821-8777
- Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 366-7200
- Koch Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Ridgewood · (718) 366-1300
- Paak Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Ridgewood · (718) 418-7225
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
Is Beth El Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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