Brooklyn Cemetery
Brooklyn Cemetery is a cemetery in Stites Township, St. Clair, Illinois. Brooklyn Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet National City, as well as near the village Venice.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Dome at America’s Center and Eads Bridge.
The Dome at America’s Center
Stadium
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
The Dome at America's Center is a multi-purpose stadium used for concerts, major conventions, and sporting events in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The Dome at America’s Center is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brooklyn Cemetery.
Eads Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eads Bridge is a combined road and rail bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. Eads Bridge is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brooklyn Cemetery.
McKinley Bridge
Bridge
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The McKinley Bridge is a steel truss bridge across the Mississippi River. It connects northern portions of St. Louis, Missouri with Venice, Illinois. It opened in 1910, was taken out of service in 2001 due to disrepair, and reopened in 2007 after a major rehabilitation. McKinley Bridge is situated 1½ miles west of Brooklyn Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brooklyn and National City.
Brooklyn
Village
Brooklyn, is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brooklyn had a population of 649. Located two miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and three miles northeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, it is the oldest majority-Black incorporated town in the United States, founded by freed and fugitive slaves and incorporated in 1873.
National City
Hamlet
National City was a suburb of East St. Louis, Illinois. Incorporated in 1907, it was a company town for the St. Louis National Stockyards Company. In 1996, the company, which owned all residential property in the town, evicted all of its residents.
Venice
Village
Venice is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,498 at the 2020 census, down from 1,890 in 2010.
Brooklyn Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Brook Cemetery”
- Category: burial
- Location: Stites Township, St. Clair, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.65762° or 38° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-90.15672° or 90° 9′ 24″ westElevation
413 feet (126 metres)Open location code
86CFMR5V+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 354160880OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yardGeoNames ID
4234475
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