Prospect Cemetery in Queens, New York

Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 2.4 mi southwest of Queens. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Egbert Benson, James Henry Hackett and Mortimer Lamson Earle. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2368036. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Monica's Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crowe's Funeral Homes in New York, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 80 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: 2 actors, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• Egbert Benson1746-1833
  American politician
• James Henry Hackett1800-1871
  American actor
• Mortimer Lamson Earle1864-1905
  American classical philologist
• James Rider1797-1876
  American politician
• Abraham Keteltas1732-1798
  American minister
• Catherine Lee Sugg1797-1845
  British actor and singer
• Charles Duryea1690-1753
  Husband of Cornelia Schenck
• Joost Duryea1709-1781
  (1709-1781) husband of Willempy Terhune
• Willempy Terhune1724-1782
  Wife of Joost Duryea
• Ann Keteltas1771-1846
  Peerage person ID=622042
• Anne Barkaloo1786-1849
  (1786-1849) wife of Cornelius Rapalje Duryea
• Cornelius Rapalje Duryea1779-1842
  (1779-1842) husband of Anne Barkaloo

People whose Wikidata entry gives Prospect 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.

• Saint Monica's Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Grace Episcopal Churchyard

  Queens, NY
  Episcopal cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Methodist Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Methodist cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Maple Grove Cemetery

  127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Brinckerhoff Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Wyckoff Snediker Family Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Family cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Mount Marys Cemetery

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

  2.7 mi
• Springfield Cemetery

  Elmont, NY
  Christian cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Cedar Grove Cemetery

  130-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Mount Hebron Cemetery

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

  3.0 mi

• Crowe's Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 558-0921
  0.6 mi
• Gilmore's Roy L Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 529-3030
  0.6 mi
• Dowd Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jamaica · (718) 739-8117
  0.6 mi
• David Williams Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Jamaica · (718) 291-3823
  0.6 mi
• Rosedale Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · South Richmond Hill · (718) 528-1180
  1.2 mi
• Elcock Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · South Richmond Hill · (718) 845-7408
  1.2 mi

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