Old Gravesend Cemetery

Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery.[2]

Old Gravesend Cemetery
LocationGravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built1658
NRHP reference No.80002635[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980
Designated NYCLMarch 23, 1976

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

References
Old Gravesend Cemetery, January 2011
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Bradley T. Frandsen; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Gravesend Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying 21 photographs


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