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Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park.

Burial Search. Please note that this database of those interred at Green-Wood is not complete; some names, particularly of those interred in the earliest years of the cemetery, may be missing from it. We do have complete records at the Cemetery, so please contact us if you need further assistance.

Noah Sheidlower Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries. Almost two centuries later, Green-Wood remains a cultural institution and an outdoor museum...

The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries. Still an active cemetery, the Green-Wood of today is also a cultural institution, an outdoor museum that tells the history and evokes the cultures of the borough, the city and the nation. Today, Green-Wood’s 478 acres serve as the final resting place for ...

Book Now. The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs consist of 30 vaults set beneath a hill and secured by locked iron gates. Dating back to the early 1850s, the Catacombs provided an alternative to...

Grab a free map ( PDF here) at any entrance and stroll the grounds on your own, or download our free Mobile App, available in English and Spanish from the App Store and Google Play. You will discover a peaceful oasis amid the urban bustle of New York.

The Green-Wood Cemetery was the second most popular tourist site in the state with over 500,000 visitors each year by 1860 (Niagara Falls was the first). Located in Brooklyn near Prospect Park,...

A mostly forgotten outcropping at Green-Wood Cemetery also holds some great Revolutionary War history: the beginning of the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island)