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Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. [7] The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park.
Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.The cemetery lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park, and is generally bounded by 20th Street to the northeast, Fifth Avenue to the northwest, 36th and 37th Streets to the southwest, Fort Hamilton Parkway to the south, and McDonald Avenue to the east.
Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, named partially after the adjacent Green-Wood Cemetery by real estate developers. Greenwood Heights is a part of Brooklyn Community District 7 along with Windsor Terrace , Sunset Park and South Slope .
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Two strips on the eastern and western sides of the grounds were to be used as a public cemetery. [1] In January 1855, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Rye bought an additional 8 acres (32,000 m 2) contiguous to the cemetery, and, between 1864 and 1868, they added more than 6 acres (24,000 m 2).
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Battle Hill is the highest natural point in Brooklyn, New York, United States, at 216 feet (66 m) above sea level. [1] The hill is part of the Harbor Hill Moraine , a terminal moraine formed during the last glacial period .
Also contributing to Greenwood's decline was the decision, when the Southern Tier Expressway (New York Route 17, now Interstate 86) was being planned in the 1960s, to route the road through the Hornell-Arkport area, as it was considered to have more potential for development than Jasper-Greenwood. The former road is now New York Route 417. [3]