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.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 2
Green-Wood Cemetery (nearby) 1
Green-Wood Cemetery station (subway) 1
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States 1
The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization) 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 (16)

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

Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry Jarvis Raymond → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry Rossiter Worthington → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry W. Halleck → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Horace Greeley → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
William Burnet Tuthill → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
William Merritt Chase → burialPlace → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Jean-Michel Basquiat → buriedAt → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Brooklyn → contains → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Kings County → contains → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Green-Wood Cemetery → governingBody → Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Green-Wood Cemetery (nonprofit organization)
Sunset Park → hasLandmark → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery (nearby)
Green-Wood Cemetery → near → Green-Wood Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery station (subway)
Allen Thorndike Rice → placeOfBurial → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
Henry Ward Beecher → placeOfBurial → Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn