About Moravian Cemetery
Moravian Cemetery is a cemetery near Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. It lies about 1.8 mi southwest of Staten Island. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 52 notable people buried here, including Cornelius Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton and Nathaniel Lord Britton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957643. The nearest other listed cemetery is Vanderbilt Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hanley Funeral Home Inc in New York, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 79 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 Moravian Cemetery
Among them: 7 US representatives, 5 artists, 5 scientists, 5 writers, 4 business leaders, 4 journalists, 2 actors, 2 baseball players.
- Cornelius Vanderbilt1794-1877American businessman and tycoon
- Elizabeth Gertrude Britton1858-1934American botanist
- Nathaniel Lord Britton1859-1934American botanist and geologist
- Paul Castellano1915-1985American crime boss
- Richard Jeni1957-2007American comedian and actor
- Alice Austen1866-1952American photographer
- Catherine Scorsese1912-1997American actress
- John L. O'Sullivan1813-1895American politician
- George William Curtis1824-1892American writer
- Elliott Fitch Shepard1833-1893American lawyer and newspaper editor
- Paul Zindel1936-2003American dramatist and children's writer
- Cornelius Vanderbilt III1873-1942Military officer
Show all 52 notable burials
- Guy Victor Molinari1928-2018Former United States Representative and borough president of Staten Island, New York
- William Abner Eddy1850-1909American accountant and journalist
- William Page1811-1885American painter and portrait artist
- Frank DeCicco1935-1986American mobster
- Henry B. Metcalfe1805-1881American politician
- Grace Vanderbilt1870-1953American socialite
- Thomas Bilotti1940-1985American mobster
- William T. Davis1862-1945American scientist and historian
- Allan Benny1867-1942American politician
- Anning Smith Prall1870-1937American congressman for New York
- Charles Deems1820-1893American clergyman
- Jim Mutrie1851-1938American baseball player and manager
- Samuel Barton1785-1858American politician
- Ferdinand P. Earle1839-1903American general and hotelier
- James Failla1919-1999American mobster
- Jerry Casale1933-2019American baseball player
- Joseph Egbert1807-1888American politician
- Stephen H. Weed1831-1863Union Army general
- Frank J. LeFevre1874-1941U.S. Representative from New York
- Adolph Wittemann1845-1938American publisher, founded The Albertype Co.
- Bud Sprague1904-1973American football player
- Elmer "Skip" Dundy1862-1907American theatrical producer
- Francis Perkins Van Pelt1862-1942President of the New York Sandy Hook Pilots' Association
- William C. Farr1841-1921American mayor
- Arnt Garpestad1924-2008Norwegian athletics competitor
- Charles Finney Cox1846-1912American scientist, botanist and microscopist
- Charles Wilmot Townsend1867-1907American coroner
- George W. Beebe1865-1931Sandy Hook pilot
- Harman Barkaloo Cropsey, Jr.died 1859American politician
- Jeffrey James Olsen1970-2001American firefighter (FDNY), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Louis Arena1969-2001American firefighter of FDNY (1969-2001), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Richard Penn Smith1837-1887American Civil War officer
- Alice Cornell Austen1837-1900
- Philanthropist, widow of chemist Louis Dreyfus
- Ellen Josephine Gottsberger1831-1903Millionaire heiress
- George Oakley Totten1832-1923
- Halcourt Horton Hutton1902-1920
- Henry Carey Denslow1867-1944American painter, sculptor
- John Haggerty Austen1811-1894
- William McNeill Rodewald1862-19328 May 1862 - 16 Aug 1932
People whose Wikidata entry gives Moravian 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.
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What Moravian 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
- Vanderbilt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass Memorial ParkStaten Island, NYMemorial park1.5 mi
- Mount Richmond CemeteryStaten Island, NYJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Rezeau-Van Pelt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- A Cemetery for All God's CreaturesStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Ocean View CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- United Hebrew CemeteryStaten Island, NYJewish cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Fairview CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Washington CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Moravian Cemetery
- Hanley Funeral Home Inc0.5 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 351-1800
- Colonial Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 351-5858
- Virginia Funeral Chapel1.4 miFuneral chapel · Staten Island · (718) 987-2828
- Virginia Funeral Chapel2.1 miFuneral chapel · Staten Island · (718) 987-2828
- Casey Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 447-4242
- Cambridge Memorial Chapels2.4 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 876-7404
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