Frederick Douglass Memorial Park in Staten Island, New York
Also known as Frederick Douglass Cemetery
About Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is a memorial park near Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. It is operated by Historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Inc.. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Mamie Smith, Tommy Ladnier and Rosa Henderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 948607. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ocean View Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Colonial Funeral Home in Staten Island, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 96 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.
Notable people buried at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
Among them: 3 musicians, 2 baseball players, 1 actor, 1 journalist.
- Mamie Smith1891-1946American vaudeville singer
- Tommy Ladnier1900-1939Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
- Rosa Henderson1896-1968American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer
- Sol White1868-1955American baseball player, owner and historian
- Country Brown1896-1937American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Frederick Douglass Memorial Park 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
40.56356, -74.13460
What Frederick Douglass Memorial Park 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
- Ocean View CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Richmond CemeteryStaten Island, NYJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- United Hebrew CemeteryStaten Island, NYJewish cemetery0.8 mi
- Rezeau-Van Pelt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- A Cemetery for All God's CreaturesStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery0.9 mi
- Moravian CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Vanderbilt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Washington CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Asbury Methodist CemeteryStaten Island, NYMethodist cemetery2.9 mi
- Fairview CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
- Colonial Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 351-5858
- Hanley Funeral Home Inc1.2 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 351-1800
- Casey McCallum Rice South Shore Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 317-7600
- A New York Burial & Cremation Center2.0 miCremation provider · Staten Island · (718) 948-2400
- Ladoga Funeral Homes of New York2.0 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 979-9797
- John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals2.0 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 356-6363
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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