Green-Wood Cemetery

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cemetery historic site rural cemetery tourist attraction

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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Green-Wood Cemetery canonical 35
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 2
Green-Wood Cemetery (nearby) 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
rural cemetery ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
area approximately 478 acres ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
cemeteryType garden cemetery ⓘ
non-sectarian ⓘ
contains Battle of Long Island memorials ⓘ
Cedar Dell ⓘ
Civil War soldiers’ graves ⓘ
Sylvan Water ⓘ
Valley Water ⓘ
catacombs ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
historic trees ⓘ
ornamental statuary ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer David Bates Douglass ⓘ
elevationPoint Battle Hill ⓘ
establishedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
founder Henry Evelyn Pierrepont ⓘ
foundingDate 1838 ⓘ
governingBody Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization)
hasFunction active burial ground ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ
historic landscape ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationDate 2006 ⓘ
inspiredBy Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ
Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
knownFor Victorian-era funerary art ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
burials of many notable figures ⓘ
panoramic views of Manhattan ⓘ
location Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
near Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery station (subway)

Prospect Park ⓘ
neighborhood Greenwood Heights ⓘ
Sunset Park ⓘ
notableFeature Battle Hill ⓘ
Gothic Revival entrance gates ⓘ
elaborate monuments ⓘ
glacial hills ⓘ
historic mausoleums ⓘ
lakes and ponds ⓘ
picturesque landscape ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 06000095 ⓘ
offers art exhibitions ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
historical programs ⓘ
openedToPublic 1840s ⓘ
significantEvent site of Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island positions ⓘ
transportAccess New York City Subway D line ⓘ
surface form: New York City Subway D train

New York City Subway N train ⓘ
R (New York City Subway service) ⓘ
surface form: New York City Subway R train
website https://www.green-wood.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brooklyn → contains → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry Ward Beecher → placeOfBurial → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
William Merritt Chase → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Henry Jarvis Raymond → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Green-Wood Cemetery → governingBody → Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization)
Green-Wood Cemetery → near → Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery station (subway)
Sunset Park → hasLandmark → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery (nearby)
Jean-Michel Basquiat → buriedAt → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Allen Thorndike Rice → placeOfBurial → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
William Burnet Tuthill → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry Rossiter Worthington → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Kings County → contains → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Horace Greeley → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry W. Halleck → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Albert Anastasia → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States → hasLandmark → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
subject surface form: Brooklyn
Townsend Harris → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Leonard Jerome → placeOfBurial → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Robert Barnhill Roosevelt → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
David Bates Douglass → notableWork → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Battle Hill → locatedIn → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Battle Hill → partOf → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery grounds
Battle Hill → ownedBy → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Cedar Dell → partOf → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Cedar Dell → locatedIn → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Valley Water → location → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Valley Water → heritageContext → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic Green-Wood Cemetery
Edward M. House → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Boss Tweed → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Sylvan Water → locatedIn → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Sylvan Water → category → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Samuel Blatchford → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Greenwood Heights → adjacentTo → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Greenwood Heights → namedAfter → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Greenwood Heights → borderedBy → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Ian Keith → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
J. Rosamond Johnson → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
John D. Sloat → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
James Gordon Bennett Sr. → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Peter Cooper → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Abram Stevens Hewitt → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Charles A. Dana → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ