Mount Carmel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located within the
Cemetery Belt
The Rural Cemetery Act was a law passed by the New York Legislature on April 27, 1847, that authorized commercial burial grounds in rural New York state. The law led to burial of human remains becoming a commercial business for the first time, re ...
in
Queens
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,
New York City
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. that opened in 1906. The main section is in
Glendale, Queens
Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. It is bounded by Forest Hills, Queens, Forest Hills to the east, Ridgewood, Queens, Ridgewood to the west, Woodhaven, Queens, ...
, and has more than 85,000 occupied plots. A new section was opened in nearby Ridgewood. It was built as part of the
Rural Cemetery Act
The Rural Cemetery Act was a law passed by the New York Legislature on April 27, 1847, that authorized commercial burial grounds in rural New York state. The law led to burial of human remains becoming a commercial business for the first time, re ...
, a
New York City
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ban on new
Manhattan
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cemeteries effective 1850, which led to the opening of new ones in
Brooklyn
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and Queens that form an area collectively called
Cemetery Belt
The Rural Cemetery Act was a law passed by the New York Legislature on April 27, 1847, that authorized commercial burial grounds in rural New York state. The law led to burial of human remains becoming a commercial business for the first time, re ...
.
Famous burials
References
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A blogger's sampling of Famous Lower East Siders buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery
1906 establishments in New York City
Cemeteries in Queens, New York
Jewish cemeteries in New York City
Cemeteries established in the 1900s
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