Calvary Cemetery, Queens

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A view of the cemetery facing toward Manhattan
A view of the cemetery facing toward Manhattan

Calvary Cemetery is located at 49-02 Laurel Hill Blvd. in Woodside in the New York City borough of Queens, New York. The cemetery is managed by the Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. It is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States.[1]

In 1847, faced with cholera epidemics and a shortage of burial grounds in Manhattan, the New York State Legislature passed the Rural Cemetery Act authorizing nonprofit corporations to operate commercial cemeteries. Old St. Patrick's Cathedral trustees had purchased land in Maspeth in 1846, and the first burial in Calvary Cemetery there was in 1848. By 1852 there were 50 burials a day, half of them the Irish poor under seven years of age. By the 1990s there were nearly 3 million graves in Calvary Cemetery.

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[edit] Notable burials

[edit] Organized crime

[edit] Entertainers

[edit] Military figures

[edit] Politicians

  • John Fox (1835-1914), U.S. Representative from New York and member of the New York City Council
  • Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944), Governor of New York State and 1928 U.S. Presidential candidate
  • Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953), U.S. Senator from New York State
  • Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (1910-1991), Mayor of New York City
  • Robert Wagner III (1944-1993), president of the New York City Board of Education, son of Mayor Robert Wagner, Jr., and grandson of Senator Robert Wagner
  • Timothy Sullivan, U.S. Representative in Congress (1903-1906; 1912); long-term member of New York State Legislature and sponsor of the Sullivan Act which sought to curtail illegal gun possession.

[edit] Sports

  • Willie Keeler (1872-1923), Hall of Fame baseball player
  • Joseph Scoini (1904-1925), professional boxer, Harlem Welterweight champion
  • Martin Sheridan (1881-1918), four-time Olympic gold medalist in the discus and shot put
  • Mickey Welch (1859-1941), Hall of Fame baseball player

[edit] Others

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interment.net
  • Hubert Treacy Sr. NYC Fire Dept. Chief
  • Hubert Treacy Jr. FBI 2nd to die in line of fire

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[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°44′07″N, 73°55′05″W