About Mount Judah Cemetery
Mount Judah Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 3.0 mi east of Queens. The grounds sit at about 148 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including Andrew Goodman, Victor David Brenner and Avraham Eliezer Alperstein. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957851. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Field Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home in New York, about 0.8 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.
Notable people buried at Mount Judah Cemetery
Among them: 2 musicians, 1 artist, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Andrew Goodman1943-1964American civil rights activist
- Victor David Brenner1871-1924American artist
- Avraham Eliezer Alperstein1853-1917American rabbi
- Jacob Orgen1893-1927American mobster
- Maurice Abrahams1883-1931Ukrainian-born American song writer
- Avraham Yaakov Pam1913-2001American rabbi
- Emanuel Hirsch Bloch1902-1954American lawyer
- Henoch Leibowitz1918-2008American rabbi
- Herbert I. Sorin1900-1994New York politician and judge
- J. Fred Helf1870-1915American composer and publisher
- Abraham Solomon Freidus1867-1923Librarian and bibliographer
- Bernard L. Shientag1887-1952American judge
Show all 19 notable burials
- Otto A. Rosalsky1873-1936American lawyer
- Abraham gelerinter1867-1927Rabbi
- Emma R. H. Jentzer1882-19721st female special agent at the FBI
- Hillel Malachowsky1860-1943Hebrew and Yiddish writer and teacher
- Jacob Smithline1882-1963
- Max Grossmandied 1970American lawyer; president of the New York Society for Ethical Culture
- Temi Kamenetsky1929-2022American Rebbetzin
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Judah 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 Mount Judah 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
- Union Field CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Knollwood Park CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Machpelah CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Hungarian CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- New Union Field CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Beth El CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Mount Neboh Cemetery82-07 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Cypress Hills National Cemetery625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NYNational cemetery0.6 mi
- The Evergreens CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Most Holy Trinity CemeteryCentral Avenue, Queens, NYCatholic cemetery0.6 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Judah Cemetery
- Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
- Koch Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Ridgewood · (718) 366-1300
- Peter J Funeral Geis0.9 miFuneral home · Ridgewood · (718) 821-6845
- Paak Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Ridgewood · (718) 418-7225
- Harvey's Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 455-3181
- Borinquen Memorial Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Brooklyn · (718) 453-5024
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 Mount Judah Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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