Cypress Hills Cemetery in Queens, New York

Cypress Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 2.3 mi southeast of Queens. The grounds sit at about 151 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 116 notable people buried here, including Mae West, Piet Mondrian and Jackie Robinson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 947976. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes in New York, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 90 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.

Among them: 16 actors, 15 writers, 8 Medal of Honor recipients, 6 artists, 6 baseball players, 6 journalists, 6 musicians, 6 US representatives.

• Mae West1893-1980
  American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
• Piet Mondrian1872-1944
  Dutch painter
• Jackie Robinson1919-1972
  American baseball player
• Nella Larsen1891-1964
  American novelist, librarian, nurse
• James John Corbett1866-1933
  American boxer
• Lee Falk1911-1999
  American comics writer
• Eubie Blake1887-1983
  American jazz pianist
• Josh White1914-1969
  American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist
• Helen Westley1875-1942
  American actress
• Victor Moore1876-1962
  American stage and film actor
• Alexander Crummell1819-1898
  American minister, academic and African nationalist
• James McCune Smith1813-1865
  American physician and abolitionist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Cypress Hills 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.

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.

• Mount Carmel Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Mount Lebanon Cemetery

  7800 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Mount Neboh Cemetery

  82-07 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Maimonides Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery

  2 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Hungarian Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Machpelah Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Beth El Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.5 mi
• New Union Field Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi

• Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 366-7200
  0.5 mi
• Werst & LaBella Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Glendale · (718) 821-8777
  0.5 mi
• George Werst Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Queens
  0.5 mi
• Lewis Monument Co

  Monument dealer · New York · (718) 821-1775
  0.5 mi
• Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
  0.6 mi
• N F Walker of Queens Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Woodhaven · (718) 296-4343
  0.9 mi

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