Old Gravesend Cemetery

Old Gravesend Cemetery
Old Gravesend Cemetery
Old Gravesend Cemetery, January 2011
Old Gravesend Cemetery is located in New York City
Location: Gravesend Neck Rd. and MacDonald Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates: 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.975°W / 40.59444; -73.975Coordinates: 40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.975°W / 40.59444; -73.975
Area: 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built: 1658
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 80002635[1]
Added to NRHP: September 17, 1980

Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Bradley T. Frandsen, Joan R. Olshansky, and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Old Gravesend Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3204. Retrieved 2011-02-20.  See also: "Accompanying two photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3206. 
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