The Green-Wood Cemetery

Category: Cemetery in New York

Address: 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA

Phone: +17187687300

Opening hours

Sunday: 7AM–7PM

Monday: 7AM–7PM

Tuesday: 7AM–7PM

Wednesday: 7AM–7PM

Thursday: 7AM–7PM

Friday: 7AM–7PM

Saturday: 7AM–7PM

Reviews

Bitshtannica Johnson

Sep 22, 2022

beautiful, they really know how to greet the dead. they even play the corpse's favorite orchestral music live in the crypt

InstantCookies

Aug 20, 2022

wallah no kebab shop there

Signe Yberg

Aug 18, 2022

My favorite place in Brooklyn. It’s a gem hidden in plain sight, and I’m lucky to live close enough to visit almost daily. The walking tours are fantastic, and you cannot go wrong with any of them. There’s always something fascinating to learn. I’ve also attended a seminar (about burial shrouds — the history, practices, and trends) and it was excellent. I will do more of those in a post covid world, along with the Niblo and Open Doors events. I also love the Day of the Dead celebrations. There’s so much great programming here. Check the gate you enter for that day’s closing time, in case it has changed for some reason. The cemetery stays open ‘til 7 in the Summer, which is great. Springtime closing time is 6, and Autumn/Winter is 5. Note: visitors are often restricted on snow days. I’m so thankful they’ve kept all the gates open during the pandemic. It’s really such a wonderful place. GO! But please remember that it’s a cemetery and not a recreational park.

Sarah S

Aug 16, 2022

Gorgeous, memorable, great for locals and tourists. Get there! Don’t let this one pass you by! Extra special bonus if you manage to luck into a tour with Marjorie, which was MAGICALLY great. I hope every other tour group is at least half as lucky ❤️🪦💀☀️

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Questions & Answers

SO? HOW MUCH IS A PLOT?

Marry Flynn | Sep 27, 2018
Rachel Ivy Delano | Sep 27, 2019

From $850 to $850,000

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Does this cemetery allow for burial of persons of all faiths?

Beth GELB | Sep 27, 2018
Eddie Rosen | Sep 27, 2018

Yes

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WHAT FAMOUS BLACK PEOPLE ARE IN GREENE WOOD CEMETERY .?

Pamela McKenzie | Sep 27, 2018
Eva Nidzeeva | Sep 27, 2018

There is a civil right leader, the first woman to get MD in New York.

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To make plans to get cremated do I need to come in or make an appointment?

Samuel Izzo | Sep 27, 2017
Mrak Fortunato | Sep 27, 2018

Make appointment

est ce que pop smoke estenterer ici did pop smoke is here

jos wood | Sep 26, 2020
Jose Torres | Dec 30, 2021

Yes

Is the grave of pop smoke here??? Rip POP SMOKE 😔😔

M AA | Sep 26, 2020
Roger Bultot | Sep 26, 2020

Yes.

Ia it legal to take pictures there ??

Mada X | Sep 27, 2019
Jenna R. | Sep 27, 2019

Absolutely.

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Does anyone know where the but her Poole is bury

Wendell Wallace | Sep 27, 2017
Machine Rhino | Sep 27, 2019

They have computer directories with print out maps

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Can I just simply walk in or do I need to speak to someone ?

Tech Bloopers | Sep 27, 2019
Carlos Cruz | Sep 27, 2019

Walk in with no questions asked and they provide you with a map of the cemetery if you ask!

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Can I ride my bike through there

Tech Bloopers | Sep 27, 2019
Jesse R. | Sep 27, 2019

No

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Do they plow the roads in the winter

Sylvan Zeitlyn | Sep 27, 2019
Andras Szerencses | Sep 27, 2019

They do, at least the main roads are cleaned during winter too if that's what you mentioned.

Is Ebbets buried there.

Jeff wood-yesline | Sep 27, 2019
Hiram Jacob Segarra | Sep 26, 2021

Yes.

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Is American airline entrepreneur and Pan Am founder, Juan Trippe's grave was found there.

Isis Torrefiel | Sep 27, 2018
Hiram Jacob Segarra | Sep 26, 2021

Yes, Juan Trippe is buried there.

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How can I reach the owner or management?

Rofrano James | Sep 21, 2022
Mohammed Elgamal | Sep 21, 2022

There is a management office, close to 5 Ave. 25 St entrance .

Richard Wyckoff , is the great trader buried in Green Wood? thank you.

Ciro M.Bonavita | Aug 27, 2022
Altaholic Snowdreamer | Aug 27, 2022

go to greenwood cemetery website, they have a lookup feature to find out who's buried here...you'd have to search internet to see if date of death is for the right Wyckoff

Is pop smoke there

Steven Bonilla | Sep 26, 2021
NOPE | Sep 26, 2021

yes

I would like to purchase a Christmas flower Blanket for my Mom and Dad's grave. How can I do that? Site 39138 grave 129

Joseph Muraca | Sep 26, 2021
Joseph Muraca | Sep 26, 2021

I need help in buying it and to have someone place it on my Mom and Dad's Grave. I am a disabled Vet living in Florida and to visit them is out of the question. Last year I purchased the flowers from Greenwood and the fine lady I worked with helped me. please advise ASAP before Christmas. Thank you.

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Can I walk my bike inside cemetery?

JOSE' RUIZ | Sep 26, 2021
Frank Crespo | Sep 26, 2021

No. There racks outside the entrance.

WHAT IS THE CEMETERY'S ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT'S E-MAIL ADDRESS?

Sergio Petraroja | Sep 26, 2020
Francesca Varone | Sep 26, 2021

I wish I had it as well imail. Please which one?

Please how to communicate with grewood cemetery I would like to thank you

Francesca Varone | Sep 26, 2020
Barbara Van Elsen | Sep 26, 2021

You have to complete the form on this page: https://www.green-wood.com/contact/

I just got here. Are there any late night parties for residents?

John Biggs | Sep 26, 2020
I am That guy | Sep 26, 2020

Only for those who have occurred plots.

i have a plot given to my mom by her father. she moved to AZ and we already purchased a plot here for her. Can we sell her plot?

Doreen Strohm | Sep 26, 2020
Nancy Castillo | Sep 26, 2021

Yes, you can sell your family's unused plot.

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I need a plot how much?

Oladimeji Taiwo | Sep 26, 2020
Sonu Sood | Sep 26, 2020

Make a call

I wanted to see where priest vallen is buried and bill cutting is too of the gang of New York? Thank you.

William Marshman | Sep 26, 2020
Jenna R. | Sep 26, 2020

William Poole is the grave you're looking for. Priest Vallon wasn't based on an actual historical character, just fyi. :)

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What about rhe movie on Friday?

jacquie phillps | Sep 27, 2019
Christopher Brooklyn | Sep 27, 2019

Movie... they don't show any movies here.. they are dead people.. and concessions must really suck. I think you are mixing it up with another place.. or im still drunk

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Is there parking for tourists?

Amy Eschmann | Sep 27, 2019
Jason Guzman | Sep 27, 2019

No unfortunately you have to find parking in the street

How many grape plats are in that cemetery

George Hansen | Sep 27, 2019
Brenda Paris | Sep 26, 2020

Grape plats? No idea. Reach out to the Green-wood Cemetery for that answer.

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How many grave plots are in the cemetery

George Hansen | Sep 27, 2019
H Cabrera1977 | Sep 27, 2019

Way too many

Where is jean basquiat burried

Gyl-Maria Rose Bartholomew | Sep 27, 2019
Jenna R. | Sep 27, 2019

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3360/jean_michel-basquiat Get a map at one of the entrances.

Is the 20th Street entrance open on holidays?

eve devinsky | Sep 27, 2019
Andras Szerencses | Sep 27, 2019

I don't know what holidays you think of specifically, I think it's open on most of them. right now for example: https://www.achildgrows.com/event/memorial-day-concert-in-green-wood/

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How much would it cost if you are a veteran?

Rufo Santos | Sep 27, 2019
Jason Guzman | Sep 27, 2019

Call and ask for prices

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Are plots still available for sale?

Wendy Swan | Sep 27, 2019
Jason Guzman | Sep 27, 2019

Yes you would have to call the main office for information about plots

Is it true that greenwood is also haunted !? Someone told me a story about seeing a crying bride !?

Mounira Abdalla Musa | Sep 27, 2019
K N | Sep 27, 2019

Every cemetery has a crying bride legend. There are no ghosts. There is no bride.

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WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON BURIED THERE?

sippinwokk | Sep 27, 2019
Piergiorgio Semestrali | Sep 27, 2019

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), artist Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), composer DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), mayor of New York William S. Hart (1864-1946), actor Leonard Jerome (1817-1891), grandfather of Winston Churchill Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), pianist Lola Montez (1821-1841), courtesan Samuel Morse (1791-1872) inventor of the telegraph Henry E. Steinway (1797 - 1871), founder of Steinway & Sons Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848 - 1933), artist Juan Trippe (1899-1981), pioneer William M. Tweed (1823-1878), politician Philip A. Herfort (1851-1921), violinist and German conductor Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), philanthropist and feminist Italians and Italian-Americans Edit Albert Anastasia (1902-1957), godfather of the Mafia Nestore Corradi (1811-1891) Italian-American artist Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) Librettist of Mozart Edward Ferrero (1831-1899) US general of the civil war Francis Barretto Spinola (1821-1891), first deputy of Italian origins in the USA

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What's the most famous person buried there?

WindestStorm90 | Sep 27, 2019
Eddie Rosen | Sep 27, 2019

Samuel Morse

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The afro hatian american Basquiat is buried in greenwood

Jose Melendez | Sep 27, 2019
Lucky Lee | Sep 27, 2019

Yes

Does it close today at 5PM as well ? I thought it would be open for All Saint's Day.

Daniel Portik | Sep 27, 2019
Carlos Cruz | Sep 27, 2019

I think they will close at 7:30 tonight

What are the first names of the people buried at the merello volta moument and what was the familys name?

Sᴏғɪᴇ | Sep 27, 2019
Carlos Cruz | Sep 27, 2019

The women depicted in the statue is Rose Guarino a relative of the famous wealthy Merello family.

What famous people are buried in Greenwood cemetary?

Margarita Daquila | Sep 27, 2019
rocco D | Sep 27, 2019

So many ,you can find them online

Is Greenwood Cemetery a Catholics Cemetery? Thank you.

Tana Tricola | Sep 27, 2018
Hiram Jacob Segarra | Sep 26, 2021

No, but many Catholics are buried there.

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how can I view on line a departed's grave?

Linda Torres | Sep 27, 2018
Catherine Desimone | Sep 27, 2018

Go 2 wesite u can locate were theyre burried but dont think u can see a pic call office

I am a historian guide of Thomas Acea cemetery in Cienfuegos, Cuba. I would like to be in touch with you, is it possible?Because our cemetery has a very close relationship with yousr, I have been trying since four or five years ago,greetings.

Hilda Mola | Sep 27, 2018
Alex_owo .-. | Sep 27, 2018

Hello i have been there a couple of times

do they perform weddings in this cemetery?

Carlos Cruz | Sep 27, 2018
Catherine Desimone | Sep 27, 2018

Yes in the chapel

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Are niches available?

Don Wo | Sep 27, 2018
Lucky Lee | Sep 27, 2018

Yes

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Can you picnic here?

Anais Herrera | Sep 27, 2018
Karla Ticas | Sep 27, 2018

I've seen people do it

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Do you have a burial plan

Jacqueline DeAnda | Sep 27, 2018
Eddie Rosen | Sep 27, 2018

Yes

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When is the next Twilight Tour after 12/9? What is the price per person of the Twilight Tour and Trolley Tour?

Grace Connors | Sep 27, 2018
Eddie Rosen | Sep 27, 2018

Tours are usually 10 to 15 dollars members and nonmembers check cemetery tour schedule tours almost every day...

Where is there a good place to eat in the vicinity?

Coco Loco | Sep 27, 2018
Paul Dixon | Sep 27, 2018

Brooklyn bakery

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Baseball players buried in Greenwood.

Ralph Gazzillo | Sep 27, 2018
Eddie Rosen | Sep 27, 2018

Lots of early players from early 1830's and even .early Brooklyn Dodgers owner for whom ebbets field is named.

How do you find the grave site if you have the ďeceased name?

Edie Lindridge | Sep 27, 2017
Anna Christ | Sep 27, 2017

U can go in office...they wlll helpl

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can i use my walker or scooter?

dorothy devoti | Sep 27, 2017
Felicia Kazin | Sep 27, 2017

Yes, there are a lot of paved paths in good condition. However, some of the smaller paths probably wouldn't be doable using a walker or scooter as they're uneven and not as well maintained.

So is it Greenwood with or without the hyphen? I vote no hyphen based on my plain and simple Brooklyn roots.

Allan Shweky | Sep 27, 2017
Daniel O'Gorman | Sep 27, 2018

Well actually I'm just a the only one that knows that its names after sir Thomas Greenwood he fled England and boarded the Mayflower from Spain even though there is no record for he was the one man in American history that changed the world and 8nspired other people to be just like him Rembrandt is a very stong man who signed his personal pictures T Y . Greenwood 22 years after his father Charles peale in 1798 drew him before he turned one I have the picture signed t.Greenwood 22 years later Rembrandt moved to new York and 21st and tenth Avenue he drew a place that ran parrel to 22nd street and it was the first thing the Greenwood children did with the money for they wanted to carrie on the path of life in their fathers name in 1750 Elizabeth Greenwood named it a place of business for ailments and remedies 21/10 Greenwood road Greenwood it had two vats making it the first pub school in fact it was I'm guessing a place u know as bunker hill so my fellow Americans 16000 illusions abc

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