Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Cypress Hills National Cemetery is situated nearby to Ridgewood Reservoir, as well as near Highland Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cypress Hills National Cemetery and Ridgewood Reservoir.
Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cemetery
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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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City Line and Cypress Hills.
City Line
Neighborhood
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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
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Union Grounds”
- Category: burial
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.68708° or 40° 41′ 14″ northLongitude
-73.88228° or 73° 52′ 56″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
87G8M4P9+R3GeoNames ID
5128335
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