Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery is a historical and predominantly Jewish burial ground located at 5400 Bay Parkway in Mapleton, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in Kings County in 1850, outside the independent city of Brooklyn, it became a Jewish burial ground as early as 1857, at first serving primarily German Jewish immigrants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City
- Also known as: “Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bay Parkway station and Friends Field.
Bay Parkway station
Metro station
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The Bay Parkway station is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located in Midwood, Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and McDonald Avenue above Washington Cemetery. Bay Parkway station is situated 640 feet north of Washington Cemetery.
Avenue N station
Metro station
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The Avenue N station is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Avenue N and McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn. Avenue N station is situated 1,500 feet south of Washington Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midwood and New Utrecht.
Midwood
Neighborhood
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Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, and on the south by Avenue P and Kings Highway.
New Utrecht
Quarter
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New Utrecht was a town in western Long Island, New York encompassing all or part of the present-day Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City.
Bensonhurst
Neighborhood
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Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22nd Avenue and on the southwest by 86th Street.
Washington Cemetery
- Categories: Jewish cemetery and burial
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Washington Cemetery” goes by many names.
- French: “Washington Cemetery”
- German: “Washington Cemetery”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Washington”
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