About Green River Cemetery
Green River Cemetery is a cemetery near Springs, Suffolk County, New York. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including Jackson Pollock, Alan J. Pakula and Peter Boyle. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 951727. The nearest other listed cemetery is Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Yardley & Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, about 3.4 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Springs. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Green River Cemetery
Among them: 9 artists, 5 writers, 2 actors, 2 journalists, 2 musicians, 1 business leader, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 World War II veteran.
- Jackson Pollock1912-1956American painter
- Alan J. Pakula1928-1998American film director, writer and producer
- Peter Boyle1935-2006American actor
- Lee Krasner1908-1984American abstract expressionist painter
- Frank O'Hara1926-1966American poet, art critic and writer
- Stuart Davis1892-1964American painter
- Elaine de Kooning1918-1989American painter
- Jean Stafford1915-1979American author
- Stefan Wolpe1902-1972German composer
- Gary McFarland1933-1971American composer, vibraphonist and vocalist
- Fred Coe1914-1979American director
- A. J. Liebling1904-1963American journalist
Show all 19 notable burials
- Steve Ross1927-1992American businessman
- Abraham Rattner1893-1978American artist
- Jan Yoors1922-1977Belgian artist, photographer and writer
- Alan Manson1918-2002American actor
- Charlotte Park1918-2010American painter
- Pierre Franey1921-1996French chef
- Dorothy Ruddick1925-2010American sculptor and fiber artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Green River 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 Green River 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
- Springs Community Presbyterian Church CemeterySprings, NYChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- John Parsons Family CemeterySprings, NYFamily cemetery1.4 mi
- Richard King CemeterySprings, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Edwards CemeterySprings, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryAmagansett, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- East End CemeteryAmagansett, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Round Swamp CemeteryEast Hampton North, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Lily Hill CemeteryEast Hampton North, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- North End CemeteryEast Hampton, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic CemeteryEast Hampton North, NYCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Green River Cemetery
- Yardley & Pino Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · East Hampton · (631) 324-6515
- Yardley and Pino Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Sag Harbor · (631) 725-0251
- Shelter Island Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Shelter Island · (631) 749-2212
- Horton-Mathie Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Greenport · (631) 477-0054
- Brockett Funeral Home Inc15 miFuneral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0822
- O'connell Rothwell Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Southampton · (631) 283-0098
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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