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Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic
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cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a bu ...
at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is bounded by the Belt Parkway to the south, Bay Parkway to the west ...
, New York, New York
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. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody
Deborah, Lady Moody (born Deborah Dunch) (1586– circa 1659) is notable as the founder of Gravesend, Brooklyn, and is the only woman known to have started a village in colonial America. She was the first known female landowner in the New World. A ...
, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying 21 photographs''
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1980.
See also
*List of New York City Landmarks
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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn.
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* {{Authority control Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Cemeteries in Brooklyn New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn 1658 establishments in North America Cemeteries established in the 17th century