Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn
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Cypress Hills Cemetery, was the first nonsectarian cemetery corporation organized in the Brooklyn/Queens area of New York City. It is located at 833 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn. Established in 1848, a section of the cemetery was designated as the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in 1862 as a military burial ground for soldiers of the American Civil War.
[edit] Notable burials
- Eubie Blake (1883-1983), jazz musician
- Langley Collyer (1885-1947), recluse and hoarder
- Homer Lusk Collyer (1881-1947), recluse and hoarder
- James J. Corbett (1866-1933), World Heavyweight boxing champuion
- Gloria Foster (1933-2001), actress
- Uriah P. Levy (1792-1862), U.S. Navy Commodore, war hero
- Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Dutch painter
- Victor Moore (1876-1962), actor, vaudeville comic
- Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Mae West (1893-1980), actress
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