Machpelah Cemetery
Machpelah Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located within the Cemetery Belt in Glendale, Queens, in New York City. It was established around 1855. In addition to managing the 6-acre cemetery, the former Machpelah Cemetery Association also managed the adjacent Union Field Cemetery, New Union Field Cemetery and Hungarian Union Field Cemetery.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Ridgewood Reservoir and Highland Park.
Highland Park
Park
Highland Park is a park located in Brooklyn, New York City, on the border with Queens.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glendale and Fresh Pond Junction.
Glendale
Neighborhood
Machpelah Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Jewish cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York
- Categories: Jewish cemetery and burial
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.69387° or 40° 41′ 38″ north
Longitude
-73.88634° or 73° 53′ 11″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87G8M4V7+GF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Machpelah Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “cementiri de Machpelah”
- Esperanto: “juda tombejo Machpelah”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות מכפלה”
- Swedish: “Machpelah Cemetery”
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Places to explore: City Line and Ridgewood.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Harry Houdini (Weiss) and Cypress Hills Street & Mount Neboh Cemetery.
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