Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a 18.2-acre cemetery located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: veterans cemetery in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
- Also known as: “Cypress Hills Cemetery”
- Address: 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ridgewood Reservoir and Highland Park.
Ridgewood Reservoir
Reservoir
Ridgewood Reservoir is a decommissioned 19th century reservoir and freshwater wetland on the border between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, within what is now Highland Park.
Highland Park
Park
Highland Park is a park located in Brooklyn, New York City, on the border with Queens. Established in 1901, Highland Park borders Cypress Hills, Brooklyn—part of the East New York neighborhood—to its south, and it abuts Glendale and Ridgewood, Queens, to its north.
Andrews United Methodist Church
Church
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Andrews United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church at 95 Richmond Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is now Andrews Ghana Wesley United Methodist Church. Andrews United Methodist Church is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Cypress Hills National Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City Line and Cypress Hills.
City Line
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens…
Cypress Hills
Neighborhood
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens…
Glendale
Neighborhood
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Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Forest Hills to the east, Ridgewood to the west, Woodhaven to the south, and Middle Village to the north.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery
- Categories: military cemetery, United States national cemetery, and burial
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.6876° or 40° 41′ 15″ northLongitude
-73.8821° or 73° 52′ 56″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
87G8M4Q9+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 247894168OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Cypress Hills National Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “賽普拉斯山國家公墓”
- French: “cimetière national de Cypress Hills”
- French: “Cimetière national de Cypress Hills”
- French: “Cypress Hills National Cemetery”
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