Maimonides Cemetery in Queens, New York

Maimonides Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Queens, Kings County, New York. It lies about 2.0 mi east of Queens. It is operated by Maimonides Benevolent Society. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Joseph M. Schenck, Dorothy Fields and Marcus Loew. The nearest funeral home we know of is N F Walker of Queens Funeral Home in Woodhaven, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Kings County, and 84 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Kings County dates to 1850. 8 of the 15 listings in Kings 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: 3 musicians, 1 business leader, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• Joseph M. Schenck1878-1961
  American film studio executive
• Dorothy Fields1905-1974
  American librettist and lyricist
• Marcus Loew1870-1927
  American film pioneer and business magnate
• Israel F. Fischer1858-1940
  U.S. Representative from New York and Judge for the United States Customs Court
• Leo Feist1869-1930
  American composer, music publisher
• Nathan Solomon Jonas1868-1943
  American banker
• Seymour Furth1876-1932
  American songwriter

People whose Wikidata entry gives Maimonides 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.

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  Jewish cemetery

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  Cemetery

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  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery

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  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
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  Jewish cemetery

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  Jewish cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Cypress Hills National Cemetery

  625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
  National cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Hungarian Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Mount Neboh Cemetery

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

  0.7 mi
• Machpelah Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  0.8 mi

• N F Walker of Queens Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Woodhaven · (718) 296-4343
  0.5 mi
• Lewis Monument Co

  Monument dealer · New York · (718) 821-1775
  0.8 mi
• Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes

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

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

  Funeral home · Queens
  0.9 mi
• Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
  1.0 mi

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