Union Field Cemetery
| Union Field Cemetery | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1878 |
| Location | 8211 Cypress Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°41′29″N 73°53′14″W / 40.69134°N 73.88717°W |
| Type | Jewish |
| Owned by | Congregation Rodeph Sholom |
| Find a Grave | Union Field Cemetery |
Union Field Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City. Located in the Cemetery Belt, it was chartered in 1846 and dedicated in 1878 and serves the Congregation Rodeph Sholom who purchased the plot of land.[1][2]
Notable burials
- Roy Cohn, lawyer and prosecutor who handled the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg[3]
- Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor; manufacturer of model railways[4]
- Samuel Dickstein, politician and judge; United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1945, New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy
- Charles Frohman, theatre manager and producer; died in the sinking of the Lusitania during WWI
- Henry M. Goldfogle, politician; United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915
- Alan Hewitt, actor[5]
- Samuel H. Hofstadter, lawyer and politician
- Jacob Joseph, Chief Rabbi of New York City[6]
- Bert Lahr, actor and comedian[3]
- Robert Lansing, actor
- Fredericka Mandelbaum, female crime boss in the mid to late 19th-century[7]
- Arnold Rothstein, crime boss in the early 20th-century[8]
- Nahum Meir Schaikewitz, Yiddish and Hebrew novelist and playwright.
- Ludwig Teller, politician; United States representative from New York 1957 to 1961
See also
References
- ^ Kadinsky, Sergey. "UNION FIELD CEMETERY, RIDGEWOOD". Forgotten New York. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ French, Mary (June 21, 2018). "Machpelah Cemetery & the Union Field Cemeteries". NYC Cemetery Project.
- ^ a b "From Haunted Mansions to the Brooklyn Bridge". NYC 24. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Cal (August 27, 2018). "Joshua Lionel Cowen". Journal Gazette. Matton, Illinois – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
- ^ Silow-Carroll, Andrew (December 15, 2020). "An Old World Rabbi's Sad Encounter with New York Jewry". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ Kalish, Jon (July 9, 2024). "The Jewish mother who became a crime boss in Gilded Age New York". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ May, Allan R. "Arnold Rothstein, Dark Genius of the Mob: Last Hours of Mr. Big". Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods. Retrieved January 15, 2025.