Mount Zion Cemetery (New York City)
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1893 |
| Location | 59-63 54th Avenue, Maspeth, New York City |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 40°43′53″N 73°54′27″W / 40.7314°N 73.9075°W |
| Type | Jewish |
| Size | 78 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Number of graves | 210,000 |
| Website | Mount Zion Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=65385 |
Mount Zion Cemetery is a very large Jewish cemetery located in the Maspeth neighborhood of Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City. The first burial was in 1893, and as of 2015, more than 210,000 individuals had been buried there. It is noted for its memorial to those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.[1]
Its grounds cover approximately 78 acres,[1] and are divided into hundreds of plots, or gates, by landsmanshaften, synagogues, or families.[2]
Notable burials
- Herman M. Albert (1901–1947) – lawyer, New York State Assemblyman
- Birdie Amsterdam (1901–1996) – lawyer, judge, and New York State Supreme Court justice
- Bernard Drachman (1861–1945) – rabbi
- Morris Michael Edelstein (1888–1941) – U.S. congressman
- Berta Gersten 1894–1972) – actress in Yiddish theater
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – composer and conductor
- Lorenz Hart (1895–1943) – lyricist
- Irving L. Levey (1898–1970) – New York State Supreme Court justice
- Nathanael West (1903–1940) – author and screenwriter
- Eva Zeisel (1906–2011) – industrial designer
External links
References
- 1 2 "Mount Zion Cemetery - About Us". mountzioncemetery.com. Mount Zion Cemetery. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ "Societies at Mount Zion Cemetery". mountzioncemetery.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Coordinates: 40°43′53″N 73°54′27″W / 40.73139°N 73.90750°W
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