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The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...
The Coroner of New York City issued death certificates and performed autopsies and inquests for New York County, New York, for all homicides, suicides and accidental deaths and any suspicious deaths. The office served only Manhattan until 1891 when the city expanded. After the 1891 consolidation of New York City the office handled the outer ...
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.
Website. www.nyc.gov /records. The New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DoRIS) is the department of the government of New York City [4] that organizes and stores records and information from the City Hall Library and Municipal Archives. [5] It is headquartered in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Civic Center, Manhattan.
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. Its boundaries include, among other streets, 20th ...
William Russell Grace (1832–1904) – Irish-American businessman and former Mayor of New York City; Gil Hodges (1924–1972) – Major League Baseball player and manager; Patrick Keely – Architect; Ardolph Loges Kline – New York City Mayor, U.S. Representative; Frank J. Macchiarola – Chancellor of the New York City Schools, 1978–1983
For a time, it was the busiest cemetery in New York City; in 1929 there were 4,673 interments. Today, the Evergreens is the final resting place of more than 526,000 people. [3] The cemetery borders Brooklyn and Queens and covers 225 acres (0.91 km 2) of rolling hills and gently sloping meadows. It features several thousand trees and flowering ...
Washington Cemetery is a historical and predominantly Jewish burial ground located at 5400 Bay Parkway in Mapleton, Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in Kings County in 1850, outside the independent city of Brooklyn, [1] it became a Jewish burial ground as early as 1857, at first serving primarily German Jewish immigrants.