About Mount Lebanon Cemetery
Mount Lebanon Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 2.3 mi southeast of Queens. The grounds sit at about 128 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 34 notable people buried here, including Helene Hanff, Sidney Fox and Robert Ellis Miller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 970372. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cypress Hills Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes in New York, about 0.4 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 Lebanon Cemetery
Among them: 8 writers, 4 actors, 4 journalists, 4 musicians, 2 artists, 2 scientists, 1 business leader.
- Helene Hanff1916-1997American screenwriter and writer
- Sidney Fox1907-1942American actress (1907/1911-1942)
- Robert Ellis Miller1927-2017American film director
- Mischa Levitzki1898-1941Russian-born American concert pianist
- Lillian Ross1918-2017American journalist
- Shirley Stoler1929-1999Actress
- Celia Dropkin1887-1956Yiddish poet
- Chaim Gross1904-1991American artist
- Mollie Orshansky1915-2006American economist
- Bernard Herzbrun1891-1964Art director
- Sheila Bond1927-2017American actress, singer
- Gershom Bader1868-1953Jewish writer
Show all 34 notable burials
- Ben Silvey1894-1948Assistant Director, Producer, Production, Manager
- Josiah Zuro1887-1930American pianist
- Nathan Handwerker1892-1974American restaurateur
- Neil David Levin1954-2001American politician
- Lewis L. Lorwin1883-1970American economist
- Donald Halperin1945-2006American politician in New York
- George Blumberg1903-1960American politician in New York
- Jeremiah B. Bloom1913-1983American politician in New York
- Samuel Leibowitz1893-1978American judge
- Adolph Katchko1877-1958Hazzan
- David M. Hermalin1865-1921American novelist
- Hyman Schorensteindied 1953American politician (died 1953)
- Maurice Tauber1908-1980American librarian
- Morris C. Troper1892-1962American lawyer
- Victor Emanuel Levine1891-1963Belarusian-American biochemist
- Alexander Matz1878-1961Writer and editor
- Henry Lefkowitch1891-1959
- Kenny Kneitel1941-1994Graphic designer
- Marks Levine1890-1971American concert and music manager
- Milton J. Benjamin1897-1958American songwriter
- Samuel Ephraim Tiktin1875-1970American rabbi
- Sylvia Ageloff1910-1995Political activist, child psychologist and, welfare worker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Lebanon 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
40.70023, -73.87336
What Mount Lebanon 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
- Cypress Hills Cemetery833 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Maimonides CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Neboh Cemetery82-07 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- B'nai Jeshurum and Shereth Israel Cemetery2 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- Beth El CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- New Union Field CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Hungarian CemeteryQueens, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Machpelah CemeteryQueens, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Lebanon Cemetery
- Lewis Monument Co0.2 miMonument dealer · New York · (718) 821-1775
- Glendale Walsh-LaBella & Son Funeral Homes0.4 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 366-7200
- Werst & LaBella Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Glendale · (718) 821-8777
- George Werst Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Queens
- Schwille-D'Angelo Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 821-2616
- Michaels Funeral Home Inc0.9 miFuneral home · Middle Village · (718) 894-5500
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
Where is Mount Lebanon Cemetery located?
Mount Lebanon Cemetery is at 7800 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, NY 11385 in Queens County. GPS coordinates: 40.70023, -73.87336.
Is Mount Lebanon 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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