About Park View Cemetery
Park View Cemetery is a cemetery near Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. It lies about 2.0 mi northwest of Schenectady. The grounds sit at about 384 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Frank Benford, Walter D'Arcy Ryan and Johnny Grabowski. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959927. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Light's Funeral Home in Schenectady, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Schenectady County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 63 listings in Schenectady County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Schenectady. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Park View Cemetery
Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 1 baseball player, 1 scientist.
- Frank Benford1883-1948American electrical engineer & physicist best known for rediscovering Benford's Law
- Walter D'Arcy Ryan1870-1934American lighting engineer and inventor
- Johnny Grabowski1900-1946American baseball player
- Henry William Darling1847-1933Businessman
- L. Reed Tripp1913-1994Economist
- Philip Langdon Alger1894-1979American electrical engineer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Park View 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
42.79260, -73.91277
What Park View 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
- Holy Name of Jesus CemeterySchenectady, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Zion CemeterySchenectady, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Zion Lutheran CemeterySchenectady, NYLutheran cemetery0.4 mi
- Gates of Heaven CemeterySchenectady, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Congregation Beth Israel CemeterySchenectady, NYJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- Adath Israel CemeterySchenectady, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Free Jewish CemeterySchenectady, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- Beth Israel Lower CemeterySchenectady, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- Workmens Circle CemeterySchenectady, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- Beth Shalom CemeterySchenectady, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
Funeral homes near Park View Cemetery
- Light's Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-1015
- Daly Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-1600
- Jones Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Schenectady · (518) 346-3881
- Griswold Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-6188
- Scott & Barbieri Family Funeral1.1 miFuneral home · Schenectady · (800) 516-3595
- Nosal Memorials1.4 miMonument dealer · Schenectady · (518) 355-2595
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