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Cypress Hills Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 21 November 1848 |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°41′47″N 73°52′37″W / 40.6962812°N 73.8768394°W |
Type | Private, non-denominational |
Style | Rural cemetery |
Size | 225 acres (91 ha) |
No. of interments | Over 400,000 |
Website | https://www.cypresshillscemetery.org/ |
Find a Grave | Cypress Hills Cemetery |
Cypress Hills National Cemetery | |
NRHP reference No. | 97001439 |
Added to NRHP | 13 November 1997 |
Cypress Hills Cemetery is a non-sectarian/non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, the first of its type in the city. The cemetery is run as a non-profit organization and is located at 833 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn in the Cemetery Belt on the border of both boroughs, and its 225 acres are divided by the Jackie Robinson Parkway. Cypress Hills Cemetery retains its two primary entrances at Jamaica Avenue (Cypress Hills, Brooklyn) and Cooper Avenue (Glendale, Queens). Cemetery of the Evergreens lies directly to the southwest.