Cemetery #207877
Green-Wood Cemetery
Also known as Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
1
documented record
≈ 38k–77k
approx. capacity (graves)
1.92 km²
cemetery area · 475.1 acres
Oct 28, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City, founded in 1838. Its 478 acres hold about 600,000 graves and function as an arboretum. The grounds also include a set of underground catacombs.
Read more in our stories: Beneath the Headstones: Cemeteries With Catacombs, Crypts and Bone Chapels · Cemeteries That Became Arboretums and Woodland
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 40.652222° N, 73.991112° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
1 memorial, A–Z by surname.
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn 1.8 km away · Brooklyn
- Flatbush Reformed Church Cemetery 2.7 km away · Brooklyn
- Flatbush African Burial Ground 3.0 km away · Brooklyn
- Washington Cemetery 3.9 km away · New York
- Holy Cross Cemetery 4.5 km away · East Flatbush
- New Utrecht Cemetery 4.8 km away · Brooklyn
- Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery 5.7 km away · Brooklyn
- Trinity Churchyard 6.5 km away · New York City
- Gravesend Cemetery 6.6 km away · Gravesend
- First Shearith Israel Graveyard, Chatham Square Cemetery 6.8 km away · New York
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Common questions
How big is Green-Wood Cemetery?
Green-Wood Cemetery covers about 192 hectares (475 acres), a little larger than Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It is the 4th largest of the 4,596 cemeteries we list in New York.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Green-Wood Cemetery is that of Leonard Bernstein, who died in 1990 at the age of 72.