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Green-Wood Cemetery
The Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 and is the final resting place of nearly 600,000 persons, including some of New York's most memorable figures. The Green-Wood Historic Fund publicizes and interprets the architecture, specimen trees, gardens, glacial ponds, cast-iron signage and fences, tombs, mausoleums, sculptural monuments and animal habitats on Green-Wood Cemetery's 478 acres. The organization also maintains and restores monuments and buildings that it deems of historical, cultural or architectural importance.
The Battle of Brooklyn took place here during the Revolutionary War and markers commemorate the event. The highest point of the cemetery has views of the New York Harbor and Manhattan. A statue of Minerva here is positioned so as to return the gaze of the Statue of Liberty across the harbor.
The cemetery's diverse program of public and school tours is conducted by foot or with its trolley.
- Directions: Subway: R to 25th Street
Bus: B63 to Fifth Ave at 25th Street
Main entrance: Fifth Avenue at 25th Street
Other entrances: Fourth Avenue at 35th Street; Prospect Park West (closed weekdays); Fort Hamilton Parkway (closed weekdays)
- Disability Access: Fully accessible.
- Gift Shops: Books
- On-Site Parking: On-site parking available
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Green-Wood Cemetery Listings
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Ongoing Each Wednesday, a two-hour historic trolley tour introduces visitors to the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the cemetery’s history, its bird life, tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and more.
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Ongoing On the last Sunday of each month, a two-hour historic trolley tour introduces visitors to the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the cemetery’s history, its bird life, tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and more.
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Ongoing A magnet for history buffs and bird watchers, Green-Wood is a Revolutionary War historic site (the Battle of Long Island was fought in 1776 across what is now its grounds), a designated site on the Civil War Discovery Trail and a registered member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System.