Gravesend Cemetery

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historic cemetery historic site

Gravesend Cemetery is a historic burial ground in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, notable for its early colonial-era graves and ties to the area's founding families.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Gravesend Cemetery	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ
associatedWith	founding families of Gravesend ⓘ local history of Gravesend ⓘ
borough	Brooklyn ⓘ
category	Cemeteries in Brooklyn ⓘ Historic cemeteries in New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	Dutch and English colonial heritage in New York ⓘ
function	final resting place for local residents ⓘ
hasGravesFromCentury	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
hasGravesFromPeriod	colonial era ⓘ
heritage	colonial-era New York history ⓘ
locatedIn	Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Gravesend, Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
neighborhood	Gravesend NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	burials of early European settlers in the area ⓘ old headstones and markers ⓘ
region	South Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	early colonial-era graves ⓘ ties to founding families of Gravesend ⓘ
typeOfGraves	family plots ⓘ individual headstones ⓘ
usedFor	burial ⓘ commemoration of early settlers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Gravesend → hasHistoricalFeature → Gravesend Cemetery ⓘ

Gravesend, Brooklyn → hasLandmark → Gravesend Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Gravesend Cemetery