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Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park.
Sep 27, 2006 · Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world as it is and was, by memorializing the dead and bringing to life the art, history, and natural beauty of New York City. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an ...
About. Get directions 500 25th Street. Brooklyn, New York 11232-1317 United States. Coordinates: 40.65220, -73.99110. www.green-wood.com/ 718-768-7300. Cemetery ID: 64718. Members have Contributed. 460,041 Memorials. 38% photographed. 3% with gps. About these numbers. Photos. Added by BKGeni. See 15 more. Cemeteries. Region. North America.
The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries. Still an active cemetery, the Green-Wood of today is also a cultural institution, an outdoor museum that tells the history and evokes the cultures of the borough, the city and the nation.
May 13, 2013 · With both Central Park and Prospect Park still under construction and few of New York’s iconic cultural buildings yet in existence, Green-Wood Cemetery, with its 478 acres of rolling hills,...
Historical Background. Established in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries, Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and quickly became the fashionable place to be buried.
Oct 3, 2016 · Green-Wood is still an active cemetery for burials and cremations (over 3,000 individuals are cremated there each year!). It will remain an important and beautiful part of Brooklyn’s history...
