List of Jewish cemeteries in New York City

This is a list of Jewish cemeteries in New York City. Non-sectarian cemeteries in which Jews are buried are not included in this list.

Name Borough Neighborhood Opened Closed Website Image Ref.
Acacia Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1891 No — [1]
Baron Hirsch Cemetery Staten Island Graniteville 1899 No Yes [2]
Bayside Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1865 No — [1][3]
Beth El Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1864 No —
Beth Olam Cemetery Brooklyn and Queens Cypress Hills 1851 No Yes [4]
First Shearith Israel Graveyard Manhattan Two Bridges 1682 1833 – [5][6]
Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1875 No —
Machpelah Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1855 1980 – [7]
Maimonides Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 1853 1900 —
Mokom Sholom Cemetery Queens Ozone Park 1864 No — [1]
Old Montefiore Cemetery Queens Springfield Gardens 1908 No Yes [8]
Mount Carmel Cemetery Queens Glendale 1906 No Yes [9]
Mount Hebron Cemetery Queens Flushing 1909 No Yes [10][11]
Mount Hope Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 1881 No —
Mount Judah Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1908 No Yes
Mount Lebanon Cemetery Queens Glendale 1914 No Yes
Mount Neboh Cemetery Queens Glendale 1886 No — [12]
Mount Richmond Cemetery Staten Island Richmondtown 1909 No Yes [13]
Mount Zion Cemetery Queens Maspeth 1893 No Yes
Salem Fields Cemetery Brooklyn Cypress Hills 1852 1900 — [14]
Second Shearith Israel Cemetery Manhattan Greenwich Village 1805 1830 – [5][15]
Silver Lake Cemetery Staten Island Sunnyside 1892 No Yes [13][16]
Third Shearith Israel Cemetery Manhattan Chelsea 1829 1851 – [5][17]
Union Field Cemetery Queens Ridgewood 1926 No Yes
United Hebrew Cemetery Staten Island Richmondtown 1908 No —
Washington Cemetery Brooklyn Mapleton 1850 No — [18]
  1. ^ a b c Leduff, Charlie (November 24, 1996). "3 Cemeteries Are Haunted By Vandals". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Grunlund, Maura. "Apathy, Neglect and Vines Overtake Staten Island Cemetery". Staten Island Advance. Advance Publications, at silive.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Sorah (October 11, 2003). "Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery – In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature". New York Newsday. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Chandler, Adam (August 26, 2011). "The Hidden and Historic Jewish Cemeteries of Manhattan". Tablet.
  6. ^ "Chatham Square Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Kilgannon, Corey (October 31, 2008). "Houdini's Final Trick, a Tidy Grave". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
  8. ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (July 1, 2014). "Thousands Beat Path to Queens Cemetery to Remember a Jewish Leader". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Ross, Michelle (August 8, 2022). "Families: Headstones cracking, grave beds sinking at Queens cemetery". Pix 11. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  10. ^ Toscano, John (May 29, 2002). "Historian Jeff Gottlieb Creates 'Jewish Heritage Trail' In Queens". The Queens Gazette.
  11. ^ Bertrand, Donald (May 26, 2002). "For boro, such a trail Jewish heritage map to be light & serious". New York Daily News.
  12. ^ "Division of Cemeteries: Department of State, New York" (PDF). State of New York. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  13. ^ a b Thomas Matteo; Joel H. Cohen (January 28, 2015). "Staten Island's Hebrew Free Burial Association: Providing free traditional Jewish burial for 126 years". Staten Island Advance.
  14. ^ Bedoire, Fredric (2004). The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830–1930. KTAV. pp. 426–427. ISBN 978-0-88125-808-0 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "West 11th Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  16. ^ Dwyer, Jim (March 31, 2009). "On Staten Island, A Jewish Cemetery Where All Are Equals In Death". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "21st Street Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  18. ^ The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity. New York: J.H. Leonard. 1901. pp. 90–91. Retrieved 10 May 2016.