Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York

Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 5.3 mi south of Queens. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 60 notable people buried here, including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Albert Fish. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 950317. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Marys Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Central Funeral Home Inc in Flushing, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 92 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: 9 actors, 7 writers, 6 musicians, 6 US representatives, 3 artists, 3 World War I veterans, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists.

• Louis Armstrong1901-1971
  American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer
• Dizzy Gillespie1917-1993
  American jazz trumpeter
• Albert Fish1870-1936
  American serial killer, pedophile and cannibal
• Bernard Mannes Baruch1870-1965
  American businessman
• Ella Josephine Baker1903-1986
  African-American civil rights and human rights activist
• May Robson1858-1942
  Australian-born American actress
• Johnny Hodges1906-1970
  American alto saxophonist
• Cyrus Ingerson Scofield1843-1921
  American theologian, minister and writer
• Hazel Scott1920-1981
  American musician
• Eugene Bullard1895-1961
  First African-American military pilot
• Laurie Bird1953-1979
  American actress, photographer
• Lionel Belmore1867-1953
  British actor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Flushing 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 Marys Cemetery

  172-00 Booth Memorial Avenue, Queens, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Brinckerhoff Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Mount Hebron Cemetery

  130-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Willet Family Burial Ground

  Queens, NY
  Family cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Cedar Grove Cemetery

  130-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Johnson Burial Ground

  Bellerose Terrace, NY
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Zion Episcopal Cemetery

  University Gardens, NY
  Episcopal cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Maple Grove Cemetery

  127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Grace Episcopal Churchyard

  Queens, NY
  Episcopal cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Prospect Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi

• Central Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 353-2424
  0.6 mi
• Quinn Fogarty Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 939-3100
  0.6 mi
• Francis X. Hatton Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 229-0744
  0.7 mi
• Harden Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 229-3055
  0.7 mi
• Frederick Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 357-6100
  0.7 mi
• Quinn - Fogarty Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Flushing · (718) 353-5166
  0.7 mi

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