Top 10 Cemeteries in New York, United States

February 22, 2022 Diedre Savory

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1. The Evergreens Cemetery

1629 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207-1813 +1 718-455-5300 http://www.theevergreenscemetery.com/
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5.0 based on 3 reviews

The Evergreens Cemetery

2. Rome Cemetery

1500 Jervis Ave, Rome, NY 13440 http://www.romecemetery.org/
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5.0 based on 3 reviews

Rome Cemetery

3. Forest Lawn

1411 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209-1189 +1 716-885-1600 [email protected] http://www.forest-lawn.com
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5.0 based on 494 reviews

Forest Lawn

As one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States, Forest Lawn – located in Buffalo, NY – is at the heart of Western New York’s cultural tourism renaissance. Its first interment took place in 1849; today there are more than 161,000 permanent residents in this 269-acre, non-denominational, non-sectarian, not-for-profit cemetery. Forest Lawn offers year-round guided tours on various themes and subjects, educational programming,special veteran programming and so much more. Forest Lawn is the only local full-service cemetery for traditional and cremation arrangements listed on the State and National Registries of Historic Places.

Reviewed By chriscP4256WU - Buffalo, United States

Forest Lawn Cemetery is a beautifully landscaped burial ground to some of Buffalo's most famous residents, including President Millard Fillmore and his wife Abigail, Red Jacket, a Seneca Indian Chief, Sara Hinson a school teacher who began Flag Day, and Rick James a rock star, to name just a few. You can take a self-guided walking tour or one offered by the staff. There are beautiful monuments, family mausoleums, tress and ponds throughout the 269 acres. It is a great place for a walk, run or a picnic.

4. Green-Wood cemetery

500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232-1755 +1 718-210-3080 [email protected] http://www.green-wood.com/
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5.0 based on 1,047 reviews

Green-Wood cemetery

Reviewed By 377dawnp

It may seem a bit creepy but I love this place because of its beauty and serenity. Green Wood is notable for the number of celebrated and famous people buried there. Yet it's a place for the living--the landscape, the monuments and Victorian statutory and vintage headstones make it an outdoor museum that transports you to a bygone era. One could get lost there along its many winding paths-- signage not withstanding. On one secluded hilltop, I even saw a contemporary yet bucolic scene of a family lazing on the grass for an afternoon near loved ones. Whether your loved one is among the famous or not, it's one of the finest and most beautiful spots in Brooklyn. See it to believe it...acres and acres, so get a map. It's worth the trip!

5. Woodlawn National Cemetery

1825 Davis St, Elmira, NY 14901-1061 +1 607-732-5411 http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/woodlawn.asp
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5.0 based on 31 reviews

Woodlawn National Cemetery

Reviewed By PeterG756 - Buffalo, United States

Visiting here was a very moving experience. All the white headstones are lined up in orderly rows, magnificent. This is NOT to be confused with Woodlawn cemetery where Mark Twain is buried despite other reviews saying so. This is a National veterans cemetery right next to the other one. There are over 2,500 confederate soldiers buried here among the 10,000 + graves. They were victims of poor conditions and over crowding at the Elmira Prison during the civil war. The cemetery is excellently maintained.

6. Calverton National Cemetery

210 Princeton Blvd, Calverton, NY 11933-1031 +1 631-727-5410 http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/calverton.asp
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5.0 based on 44 reviews

Calverton National Cemetery

7. Oakwood Cemetery

50 101st St, Troy, NY 12180-1197 +1 518-272-7520 http://www.oakwoodcemetary.com
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5.0 based on 59 reviews

Oakwood Cemetery

Reviewed By Enjoylifewithme

Absolutely beautiful! Such gorgeous headstones and mausoleums! Wonderful tributes to families ❤️ I was just in awe of the size and beauty of the cemetery!!!

8. Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

100 N Washington Ave, Hartsdale, NY 10530-1751 +1 914-949-2583 http://www.petcem.com/
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5.0 based on 13 reviews

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

Reviewed By LoriH604

Pet cemetery is always clean & well taken care of. Parking is small, but never seem to have an issue, for people come & go in enough time for others to pay their respects.

9. Bath National Cemetery

San Juan Ave VA Medical Center, Bath, NY 14810 +1 607-664-4853 https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/bath.asp
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5.0 based on 6 reviews

Bath National Cemetery

10. Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground

Sleepy Hollow, NY +1 914-631-4497 http://www.odcfriends.org/
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4.5 based on 210 reviews

Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground

Some of the characters in Irving's Legend can be found buried in this cemetery.

Reviewed By psudino - Weehawken, United States

Sometimes we forget about the rich history of our nation so close to home. After reading a book that took place in Tarrytown and referencing the headless horseman and the legends of Sleepy Hallow this became an educational trip to bring the story to life. The fact that the church of such a well known story can accessed so easily makes the Sleepy Hollow stories so much more realistic, because you can say for the scenes that happen in and around the church, "I've been there". My title is that the church was originally erected in 1697. There are very few standing artifacts in this country that can claim an origination date before the 1700s, so this is quite special.

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