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The Dead Within: Cemeteries Within Cemeteries

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The burial grounds of western Queens’ Cemetery Belt are old indeed–most were established by Roman Catholic churches, such as St.Patricks, and other denominations such as the Lutheran Church–well before the Civil War. In some cases, cemeteries were forced to incorporate the burial grounds of founding Queens families. The remains of such families still lie mouldering within slightly less ancient surroundings. Today on Brownstoner Queens, we will risk disturbing the shades and spectres of these ancient spirits, and briefly disturb their resting places. BETTS CEMETERY, within MOUNT ZION CEMETERY, located along 54th Avenue near 58th Street. Mount Zion, a Jewish cemetery, occupies about 80 acres in Maspeth near New Calvary Cemetery and the BQE. It was opened in the early 1890s under the auspices of Chevra Bani Sholom and later by the Elmwier Cemetery Association (Elmwier Avenue is a former name of 54th Avenue). A walk in Mount Zion will produce a surprising and poignant reminder… Read More

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