About Mount Richmond Cemetery
Mount Richmond Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. It is operated by Hebrew Free Burial Association. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Jura Soyfer, Hilda Chester and Joseph Toblinsky. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957898. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rezeau-Van Pelt Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Casey McCallum Rice South Shore Funeral Home in New York, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Richmond County, and 95 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 Mount Richmond Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 journalist.
- Jura Soyfer1912-1939Austrian writer
- Hilda Chester1897-1978Brooklyn Dodgers fan
- Joseph Toblinsky1879-1944American mobster
- William Saphier1886-1942Romanian-American poet and illustrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Richmond 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 Mount Richmond 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
- Rezeau-Van Pelt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- United Hebrew CemeteryStaten Island, NYJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- A Cemetery for All God's CreaturesStaten Island, NYChristian cemetery0.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass Memorial ParkStaten Island, NYMemorial park0.6 mi
- Ocean View CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Moravian CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Vanderbilt CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Washington CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Asbury Methodist CemeteryStaten Island, NYMethodist cemetery2.4 mi
- Sylvan Cemetery - Patterson CemeteryStaten Island, NYCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Richmond Cemetery
- Casey McCallum Rice South Shore Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 317-7600
- Hanley Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · New York · (718) 351-1800
- Colonial Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 351-5858
- A New York Burial & Cremation Center1.9 miCremation provider · Staten Island · (718) 948-2400
- Ladoga Funeral Homes of New York1.9 miFuneral home · Staten Island · (718) 979-9797
- John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals1.9 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.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mount Richmond Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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