Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City
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Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cypress Hills Cemetery Jewish sections | 1 |
| Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1976998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City Context triple: [Piet Mondrian, burialPlace, Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City]
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A.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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B.
Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
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C.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
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D.
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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E.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens
Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens is a historic Jewish burial ground in New York City known for being the resting place of many prominent figures, including Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City Target entity description: Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
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A.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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B.
Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
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C.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
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D.
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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E.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens
Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens is a historic Jewish burial ground in New York City known for being the resting place of many prominent figures, including Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ historic place ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Cypress Hills National Cemetery ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county |
Kings County
ⓘ
surface form:
Kings County, New York
Queens County ⓘ
surface form:
Queens County, New York
|
| foundedIn | 1848 ⓘ |
| hasArea | over 200 acres ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 40.689°N 73.873°W ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
historic site
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urban green space ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeType | park-like landscape ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
expansive grounds
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historic burial plots ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monuments ⓘ views of New York City ⓘ winding roads ⓘ |
| hasNotableInterments |
Civil War veterans
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Henry Ward Beecher family members ⓘ Jackie Robinson ⓘ Mae West ⓘ Peter Luger ⓘ Spanish–American War veterans ⓘ Theodore Dreiser ⓘ Willie Keeler ⓘ World War I veterans ⓘ World War II veterans ⓘ |
| hasPart | Cypress Hills National Cemetery ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess |
near J subway line
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near Jackie Robinson Parkway ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial
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commemoration ⓘ memorialization ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.cypresshillscemetery.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 1848 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| openTo |
all denominations
ⓘ
multiple faiths ⓘ |
| operatedAs | private cemetery ⓘ |
| partOf | Cypress Hills neighborhood ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | non-sectarian ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City Description of subject: Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cypress Hills Cemetery Jewish sections