Unique Cemeteries in New York

Famous and historic graveyards to visit in the five boroughs.

by Atlas Obscura

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From colonists to celebrities, these fascinating burial grounds around New York City are full of stories and legends.

Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

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New York, New York

Trinity Churchyard

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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New York, New York

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

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New York, New York

New York Marble Cemetery

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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New York, New York

Church of the Intercession

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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New York, New York

Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

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Queens, New York

Calvary Cemetery

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

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Bronx, New York

Woodlawn Cemetery

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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Queens, New York

Bayside Cemetery

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

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Queens, New York

Houdini's Grave

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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Brooklyn, New York

Barkaloo Cemetery

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

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Brooklyn, New York

Most Holy Trinity Cemetery

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

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Brooklyn, New York

The Evergreens Cemetery

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

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Brooklyn, New York

Friends Quaker Cemetery

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

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