New York Marble Cemetery At Night

After being established in 1830 it held most of its burials between 1830 and 1870 and took in its last.

New york marble cemetery at night. New york city marble cemetery. Although we have a small endowment it is not enough to maintain the cemetery as it could be or even should be. To view the cemetery you must contact them way ahead of time and provide a donation to pay for the cemetery s upkeep. The other marble cemetery is located at between 2 nd avenue 1 st avenue one block away from new york marble cemetery located adjacent to 43 second avenue.

While the cemetery is generally closed to the public entrance may be arranged by special appointment. New york marble cemetery interments by name some names have been expanded to help with identification. The new york marble cemetery is the oldest public non sectarian cemetery in the city. 72 east 1st street this cemetery is almost always closed to the public.

New york city marble cemetery the larger of the city s two oldest private non sectarian cemeteries. The new york marble cemetery built in 1830 in the interior of the block bound by 2nd avenue where the entrance is 2nd street 3rd street and the bowery is the oldest public non sectarian cemetery in nyc. Vault numbers and dates of interment come from the cemetery s records. There are no burial markers or headstones but there is a complete written register listing the 2 080 burials.

1st 2nd aves. A donation is requested for this service. To confuse people through the centuries two independent cemeteries with similar names were built by the same developer perkins nichols at second second in 1830. Long before the musical rent brought in legions of pierced tattooed teenagers from every corner of america and drove up the rents the east village was an eclectic mix of elderly ukranians and poles dominican and puerto rican families and assorted artists wanna be bohemians.