Green-Wood Cemetery, established in 1838 and located in Brooklyn, N.Y., is spread over an area of more than 400-acres. It offers several burial options, including an urn garden, columbarium, community and private family mausoleums, and traditional in-ground burials. It is a full-service non-sectarian, nonprofit cemetery, and uses its funds for maintenance and improvements of the facility. The...
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Niches & Urn Garden
Beautiful Hillside Community Mausoleums
Ultra Modern Crematory
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Columbarium Niches & Urn Garden
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Founded in 1838 as one of America?s first rural cemeteries, the Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the fashionable place to be buried. By 1860, Green-Wood was attracting 500,000 visitors a year, rivaling Niagara Falls as the country?s greatest tourist attraction. Crowds flocked to Green-Wood to enjoy family outings, carriage...