Blazing Star Burial Ground in Staten Island, New York
Also known as Sleight Family Graveyard
About Blazing Star Burial Ground
Blazing Star Burial Ground is a cemetery near Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. It lies about 3.8 mi east of Staten Island. The grounds sit at about 10 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2079169. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Josephs Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rumpf Funeral Home in Carteret, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 114 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 6 of the 37 listings in Richmond County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Staten Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.55638, -74.21270
What Blazing Star Burial Ground 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
- Saint Josephs CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Lukes CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Bloomingdale Road CemeteryStaten Island, NYChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Rossville AME Zion CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Charleston CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Sylvan Cemetery - Patterson CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Sylvan Grove CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Cemetery of the ResurrectionStaten Island, NYCatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Bethel Methodist CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery3.0 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPort Reading, NJCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Blazing Star Burial Ground
- Rumpf Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Carteret · (732) 541-6222
- Synowiecki Funeral Home Inc: Samuelson Lori1.4 miFuneral home · Carteret · (732) 541-5715
- Apyre National Cremation Services1.9 miCremation provider · Port Reading · (732) 527-0041
- Chubenko Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Port Reading · (732) 634-6009
- Resurrection Monuments2.4 miMonument dealer · Staten Island · (718) 227-8115
- Scarpaci Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 966-7800
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