Old Gravesend Cemetery

Old Gravesend Cemetery
Location Gravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500Coordinates: 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500
Area 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built 1658
NRHP reference # 80002635[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 17, 1980
Designated NYCL March 23, 1976

Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

References

Old Gravesend Cemetery, January 2011
  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Bradley T. Frandsen; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Gravesend Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 21 photographs


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