Mount Zion Cemetery, Queens
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Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens is a historic Jewish burial ground in New York City known for serving the immigrant communities of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Zion Cemetery, Queens canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Ashkenazi Jews
NERFINISHED
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Eastern European Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | cemetery association ⓘ |
| hasAccess | publicly accessible ⓘ |
| hasBurialType | in-ground burials ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important site for New York Jewish history
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represents immigrant experience in New York City ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial place
ⓘ
memorial site ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOnMonuments |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions
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dense concentration of graves ⓘ family plots ⓘ many modest immigrant headstones ⓘ society plots ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse |
commemoration of immigrant ancestors
ⓘ
genealogical research ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic cemetery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood |
Maspeth, Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ridgewood area of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jewish cemeteries in New York City
ⓘ
Jewish heritage sites in Queens ⓘ historic cemeteries of Queens ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
Eastern European Jewish immigrants
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Jewish immigrant communities ⓘ early 20th century immigrants ⓘ late 19th century immigrants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Jewish burials
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religious funerary practices ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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