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Green-Wood – National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, NY Art, history, and nature in the heart of Brooklyn PLAN YOUR VISIT HAPPENING NOW Brooklyn, NY 54° Sunny 6:52 am 7:11 pm EDT GIVE A GIFT CEMETERY SERVICES PLAN YOUR VISIT Mar 24 All day Mother BURIAL & VITAL RECORDS 1840-1937 Search the newly completed database Learn More THE REMAINS OF WINTER
The Green-wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 by Henry Evelyn Pierrepoint. The original layout for the cemetery was designed by landscape architect David Bates Douglass. The 478 acres have a varied terrain and feature both the highest point in Brooklyn (Battle Hill) and four glacial kettle ponds.
Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world as it is and was, by memorializing the dead and bringing to life the art, history, and natural beauty of New York City. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America.
He envisioned the island becoming a visitable cemetery, like Green-Wood in Brooklyn and Woodlawn in the Bronx. But those are both idyllic, well-manicured expanses, with elaborate monuments marking ...
The rape unfolded March 18 about 3 a.m. when a 49-year-old woman walked near 27th Street and Fifth Avenue, just a stone's throw from Green-Wood Cemetery, police said.
The rape unfolded March 18 about 3 a.m. when a 49-year-old woman walked near 27th Street and Fifth Avenue, just a stone's throw from Green-Wood Cemetery, police said.
Explore Green-Wood's history — and your own. Welcome to the new portal for Green-Wood's Archives and Collections. Please use the links on this page to take a deeper look, and don't hesitate to get in touch. Contact Us.