The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity

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Excerpt from The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity: A Handy Guide, Embodying a Brief History and Description of All the Regular New York and Neighboring Cemeteries, Their Location and Accessibility Cedar Grove Cemetery was Opened in August, 1893, and is located between Corona and Flushing, L. Five and one-half miles from New York. It is the nearest cemetery to the upper end of the city from the East N inety-ninth Street Ferry, and is reached also by the Long Island Railroad from East Thirty-fourth Street Ferry, or by the East Twentythird, Thirty-fourth, Roosevelt, Houston and Grand Street ferries. Four hundred acres comprise the cemetery, and the first year it was Opened over one hundred bodies were interred in it. The lawn plan prevails in this cemetery with its accompany ing restrictions regarding enclosures of graves, plots and lots, and a few hours' notice only is required to secure the opening of a grave. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.