The new york city marble cemetery which was the city s second non sectarian burial place should.
Marble cemetery east village.
Though the history is interesting the cemetery is fairly small and not open to the public at most times so it s really more of a quick stop by not necessarily worth a full visit.
Around the corner on east second street is the new york city marble cemetery.
It s the larger of the two and the more visible with a long wrought iron fence through which at night you can.
While the cemetery is generally closed to the public entrance may be arranged by special appointment.
The new york city marble cemetery is a small jewel of beauty and peace.
New york marble cemetery is located within the block bounded by the bowery 2 nd avenue and east 2 nd and east 3 rd streets and its only public reminder is a locked gate emblazoned with he cemetery s name on 2 nd avenue.
Although we have a small endowment it is not enough to maintain the cemetery as it could be or even should be.
East village manhattan this obscure and dignified cemetery once located in a fashionable neighborhood is largely surrounded by houses and tenements today.
And in the east village there are two such early burial grounds hidden among the townhouses and tenements the new york marble cemetery on the west side of second avenue just above second street.
New york marble cemetery organized in 1830 and new york city marble cemetery from 1832 are not two locations of the same cemetery but separate organizations.
The new york marble cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1830 and located in the interior of the block bound by east 2nd and 3rd streets 2nd avenue and bowery in the east village neighborhood of manhattan new york city it is entered through an alleyway with an iron gate at each end located between 41 and 43 second avenue.
Established in 1332 it was used as a place of interment by some of new york s oldest families.
To confuse people through the centuries two independent cemeteries with similar names were built by the same developer perkins nichols at second second in 1830.
The new york city marble cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1831 and located at 52 74 east 2nd street between first and second avenues in the east village neighborhood of manhattan new york city the cemetery has 258 underground burial vaults constructed of tuckahoe marble on the site.
4 and 43 second avenue.
The other marble cemetery is located at between 2 nd avenue 1 st avenue one block away from new york marble cemetery located adjacent to 43 second avenue.
A donation is requested for this service.
New york city marble cemetery.
It is entered through iron gates protecting both ends of a long passage between nos.
About 2 100 burials are recorded in the cemetery s written.