Beth Olam Cemetery

Historic site in Brooklyn, New York

Not to be confused with Beth Olam Cemetery of Hollywood.

United States historic place

Beth Olam Cemetery

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 2 Cypress Hills St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates| 40°41′26″N 73°52′48″W﻿ / ﻿40.69056°N 73.88000°W﻿ / 40.69056; -73.88000
Area| 12.37 acres (5.01 ha)
Built| 1851
NRHP reference No.| 16000254[1]
Added to NRHP| May 16, 2016

The Beth Olam Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located in the city's Cemetery Belt, bisected by the border between Brooklyn and Queens.

It is a rural cemetery in style, and was started in 1851 by three Manhattan Jewish congregations: Congregation Shearith Israel (Spanish Portuguese) on West 70th Street, B'nai Jeshurun on West 89th Street, and Temple Shaaray Tefila on East 79th Street.

In 1882, Calvert Vaux was commissioned to design a small, red brick Metaher house or place of purification and pre-burial eulogies, near the entrance to the Shearith Israel section, and also designed its gates. It is the only religious building that Vaux, the co-designer of Central Park, is known to have designed.[2] Many mausoleum windows are made with Tiffany stained glass and LaFarge bronze doors.[3]

The burial ground contains many examples of architecture and funerary art.[4]

## Notable burials

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* Joseph Mayor Asher (1872–1908), English-born American rabbi of B'nai Jeshurun and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* Nathan Bijur (1862–1930), American lawyer and New York Supreme Court Justice
* Abraham Cohn (1832–1897), American Civil War Union Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1914–2006), Dutch-born hazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel
* Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938), American lawyer and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States[5]
* Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), German chess player, second World Chess Champion.
* Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), American author, poet, and activist, who wrote the sonnet "The New Colossus" describing the Statue of Liberty; niece of Jacques Judah Lyons[5][6]
* Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American naval officer, real estate investor, philanthropist, and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy[7]
* Jacques Judah Lyons (1814–1877), Surinamese-born American rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel; uncle of Emma Lazarus[6]
* Henry Pereira Mendes (1852–1937) British-born American rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel[8]
* Benjamin F. Peixotto (1834–1890), American lawyer and diplomat
* Judith Salzedo Peixotto (1823–1881), American teacher and principal
* N. Taylor Phillips (1868–1955), American lawyer and politician[9]
* David de Sola Pool (1885–1970), British-born American rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel
* Moses J. Stroock (1866–1931), American lawyer[10]

## See also

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* List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

## References

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1. ^ "Beth Olam Cemetery". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
2. ^ "Cemeteries". Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
3. ^ "Beth Olam Cemetery". Billion Graves. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
4. ^ Marena Wisniewski; Jennifer Betsworth (January 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beth Olam Cemetery / The Fourth Spanish and Portuguese Cemetery (with 32 photos from 2015)" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
5. ^ a b Kaufman, May (April 22, 2019). "Thief Steals $30K In Mausoleum Items From Jewish Cemetery: Report". patch.com. Patch. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
6. ^ a b Dwyer, Jim (May 21, 2010). "163 Years Later, a President Visits to Say Thank You". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
7. ^ "Congregation Shearith Israel – America's First Jewish Congregation –Beth Olam Cemetery". shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
8. ^ "700 Pay Tributes at Mendes Rites – Simple Funeral Is Held for Rabbi Emeritus of Shearith Israel Congregation – Service As He Directed – No Praise of Him Is Uttered and Body Is Left in Room Next to 'Auditorium Built for God'". The New York Times. October 25, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
9. ^ "N. Taylor Phillips". JewishData.
10. ^ "5,000 at Funeral for M. J. Stroock" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXXI, no. 26943\. New York. 31 October 1931. p. 17.

## External links

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* Beth Olam Cemetery at Find a Grave

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National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn, New York

Historic districts|

* Albemarle–Kenmore Terraces
* Boerum Hill
* Brooklyn Heights
* Brooklyn Navy Yard
* Carroll Gardens
* Clinton Hill
* Clinton Hill South
* Cobble Hill
* Crown Heights North
* Ditmas Park
* DUMBO Industrial District
* Fort Greene
* Fulton Ferry
* Greenpoint
* Houses at 216–264 Ovington Avenue
* Hunterfly Road
* Lefferts Manor
* Park Slope
* Pratt Institute
* Prospect Heights
* Prospect Park South
* Rockwood Chocolate Factory
* Senator Street
* State Street Houses
* Stuyvesant Heights
* Sunset Park
* Wallabout
* Wallabout Industrial
* Willoughby–Suydam

Historic properties|

Residences

* 216–264 Ovington Avenue
* Alku and Alku Toinen
* Astral Apartments
* William B. Cronyn House
* Hubbard House
* James W. and Lucy S. Elwell House
* Lefferts-Laidlaw House
* Litchfield Villa
* Hendrick I. Lott House
* Old Stone House
* Quarters A
* John Rankin House
* Renaissance Apartments
* Jackie Robinson House
* Saitta House
* State Street Houses
* Stoothoff–Baxter–Kouwenhaven House
* Joost Van Nuyse House
* Williamsburg Houses
* Wyckoff House
* Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

Houses of worship

| Churches|

* Andrews United Methodist Church
* Bay Ridge United Methodist Church
* Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church
* Church of the Holy Innocents
* Congregational Church of the Evangel
* Cuyler Presbyterian Church
* Emmanuel Baptist Church
* Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Complex
* Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church
* Friends Meetinghouse and School
* Greenwood Baptist Church
* Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church
* Immanuel Congregational Church
* Iglesia Pentecostal La Luz del Mundo
* New Lots Reformed Church and Cemetery
* New Utrecht Reformed Church
* Next Step Community Church
* Old First Reformed Church
* Plymouth Church
* Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
* St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
* St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory
* St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church
* Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew
* St. Mary's Episcopal Church
* St. Paul's Episcopal Church
* South Bushwick Reformed Church
* South Congregational Church

|

Synagogues|

* Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush
* Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park
* Congregation Beth Elohim
* Congregation Beth Israel
* East Midwood Jewish Center
* Jewish Center of Brighton Beach
* Jewish Center of Kings Highway
* Kingsway Jewish Center
* Congregation Kol Israel
* Magen David Synagogue
* Manhattan Beach Jewish Center
* Ocean Parkway Jewish Center
* Park Slope Jewish Center
* Shaari Zedek Synagogue
* Union Temple of Brooklyn
* Young Israel of Flatbush

Government buildings

| Military buildings|

* 14th Regiment Armory
* 23rd Regiment Armory
* Brooklyn Army Terminal
* Brooklyn Navy Yard
* Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle
* Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply Base

|

Post offices|

* Bensonhurst
* Flatbush
* Kensington
* Williamsburg

Others|

* 75th Police Precinct Station House
* 83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable
* Brooklyn Borough Hall
* Federal Building and Post Office
* Flatbush Town Hall
* Former 18th Police Precinct Station House and Stable
* Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters

Schools

* Boys High School
* Erasmus Hall High School
* Friends Meetinghouse and School
* Public School 7
* Public School 9 and Public School 9 Annex
* Public School 39
* Public School 65K
* Public School 71K
* Public School 108

Transit

| Bridges and tunnels|

* Brooklyn Bridge
* Cobble Hill Tunnel
* Joralemon Street Tunnel
* Manhattan Bridge

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Roads|

* Eastern Parkway
* Ocean Parkway

Subway stations|

* Ninth Avenue
* 15th Street–Prospect Park
* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
* Avenue U
* Bay Parkway
* Beverley Road
* Borough Hall
* Fourth Avenue
* New Utrecht Avenue
* Ocean Parkway
* Wilson Avenue

Other|

* Floyd Bennett Field
* Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79
* Mary A. Whalen
* Substation 401

Other structures

* B&B Carousell
* Beth Olam Cemetery
* Prospect Park Boathouse
* Brooklyn Academy of Music
* Brooklyn Museum
* Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse
* Brooklyn Trust Company Building
* Buildings at 375–379 Flatbush Avenue and 185–187 Sterling Place
* Cemetery of the Evergreens
* Center for Brooklyn History
* Central Library
* Coney Island Cyclone
* Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station
* Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop
* Coney Island Yard Gatehouse
* Cypress Hills National Cemetery
* Feuchtwanger Stable
* Gage and Tollner
* Grand Prospect Hall
* Grecian Shelter
* Green-Wood Cemetery
* Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin Street
* Kings County Savings Bank
* Kings Theatre
* Kismet Temple
* Knickerbocker Field Club
* Lincoln Club
* McGolrick Park
* Nassau Brewing Company
* New York Congregational Home for the Aged
* Offerman Building
* Old Gravesend Cemetery
* Parachute Jump
* Parkway Theatre
* Prospect Park
* Public Bath No. 7
* Ridgewood Reservoir
* Weir Greenhouse
* William Ulmer Brewery
* Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building

National Historic Landmarks|

* Brooklyn Bridge
* Brooklyn Heights Historic District
* Center for Brooklyn History
* Green-Wood Cemetery
* Plymouth Church
* Quarters A
* Jackie Robinson House
* St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
* Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn, New York and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York

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National Register of Historic Places in Queens, New York

Historic districts|

* 68th Avenue–64th Place
* 75th Avenue–61st Street
* Broadway–Flushing
* Central Avenue
* Central Ridgewood
* Cooper Avenue Row
* Cornelia–Putnam
* Cypress Avenue East
* Cypress Avenue West
* Douglaston Hill
* Douglaston
* Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow
* Forest–Norman
* Fresh Pond–Traffic
* Grove–Linden–St. John's
* Hunters Point
* Jackson Heights
* Jacob Riis Park
* Madison–Putnam–60th Place
* Richmond Hill
* Seneca Avenue East
* Seneca–Onderdonk–Woodward
* Stockholm–DeKalb–Hart
* Summerfield Street Row
* Sunnyside Gardens
* Woodbine–Palmetto–Gates

Historic properties|

| Houses|

* Allen-Beville House
* John Bowne House
* Ralph Johnson Bunche House
* Cornelius Van Wyck House
* King Manor
* Kingsland Homestead
* Lent Homestead and Cemetery
* Louis Armstrong House
* Queens County Farm Museum
* Steinway Mansion
* Vander Ende–Onderdonk House
* Voelker Orth Museum

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Religious buildings|

* Astoria Center of Israel
* Church of the Resurrection
* The Church-in-the-Gardens
* First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway
* First Presbyterian Church of Newtown
* First Reformed Church
* Free Synagogue of Flushing
* Grace Episcopal Church Complex
* Old Quaker Meeting House
* Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing
* Reformed Church of Newtown
* Rego Park Jewish Center
* Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church
* St. George's Church
* St. Luke's Episcopal Church
* St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
* St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church
* St. Monica's Church
* St. James Church
* Temple of Israel Synagogue
* Congregation Tifereth Israel
* Trinity Chapel
* Trinity Lutheran Church

Post offices|

* Far Rockaway
* Flushing
* Forest Hills
* Jackson Heights
* Jamaica
* Long Island City

Subway stations|

* Court Square–23rd Street station
* Elmhurst Avenue station
* Flushing–Main Street station

Other structures|

* Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878
* Beth Olam Cemetery
* Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society
* College Point Little League Building
* Flushing Armory
* Flushing High School
* Flushing Meadows Carousel
* Flushing Town Hall
* Forest Park Carousel
* Fort Tilden
* Fort Totten
* Fort Totten Officers' Club
* Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
* Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building
* Jamaica Savings Bank
* Kaufman Astoria Studios
* J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building
* La Casina
* Long Island City Courthouse
* Long Island Motor Parkway
* Maple Grove Cemetery
* Marine Air Terminal
* New York State Pavilion
* Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground
* Parkway Village
* Poppenhusen Institute
* Prospect Cemetery
* PS 66
* Queens County Savings Bank
* Queensboro Bridge
* RKO Keith's Theater
* Rockaway Courthouse
* Sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue
* Sohmer and Company Piano Factory
* Spear and Company Factory
* Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis
* TWA Flight Center
* Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery

National Historic Landmarks|

* Ralph Johnson Bunche House
* King Manor
* Louis Armstrong House
* Old Quaker Meeting House

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Queens, New York and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York

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Jewish cemeteries in New York City

Manhattan|

| no longer exists, bodies
moved to other cemeteries|

* Anshe Chesed Cemetery (New York City)
* East Bank Cemetery
* Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery
* Congregation Shaare Zedek Cemetery
* Shaarey Tefilah Cemetery

|

still exists, but burials
are no longer permitted|

* First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery)
* Second Shearith Israel Cemetery
* Third Shearith Israel Cemetery

burials still permitted|

* none

The Bronx|

* none

Brooklyn|

* Beth Olam Cemetery
* Maimonides Cemetery
* Mount Hope Cemetery
* Salem Fields Cemetery
* Washington Cemetery

Queens|

* Acacia Cemetery
* Bayside Cemetery
* Beth El Cemetery (New Union Field)
* Hungarian Union Field Cemetery
* Knollwood Park Cemetery
* Linden Hill Cemetery
* Machpelah Cemetery
* Mokom Sholom Cemetery
* Montefiore Cemetery
* Mount Carmel Cemetery
* Mount Hebron Cemetery
* Mount Judah Cemetery
* Mount Lebanon Cemetery
* Mount Neboh Cemetery
* Mount Zion Cemetery (Elmweir)
* New Mount Carmel Cemetery
* Union Field Cemetery

Staten Island|

* Baron Hirsch Cemetery
* Mount Richmond Cemetery
* Silver Lake Cemetery
* United Hebrew Cemetery

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