Car Rentals Brooklyn and Green-Wood Cemetery

It might be a bit odd to include a cemetery in a travel guide, but NYC Discount Car Rentals say this one has some of history’s most memorable figures. Believe it or not, about a 150 years ago, the Green-Wood Cemetery was one of America’s leading tourist attractions. The Green-Wood Cemetery is rich in history as it was the third rural cemetery founded in America. About half a million people were visiting the cemetery by the 1850s. Today, if you drive to the cemetery in your NYC Discount Car Rentals vehicle, you’ll find an arboretum, wildlife sanctuary, sculpture garden, history and beautiful architecture and landscape design. You can come pay your respects of some of these people.

You’ll have no problem locating the cemetery as it is easily accessible by major highways and public transportation. Take your NYC Discount Car Rentals vehicle to see this full-service non-sectarian, not-for-profit cemetery. All funds go towards maintenance and improvements.

Green-Wood Cemetery Hall of Fame

Since 1838, when the Green-Wood Cemetery was founded, NYC Discount Car Rentals note that the cemetery has interred 560,000 people. Here are a few of the most famous folks:

  • Julius Walker Adams, Civil War colonel, engineer who designed preliminary plans for the Brooklyn Bridge
  • Albert Anastasia, mobster
  • Jean Michel Basquiat, graffiti artist, Andy Warhol protege
  • Henry Ward Beecher, abolitionist, religious leader, subject of scandal
  • Leonard Bernstein, music giant: composer, conductor, and teacher
  • Harvey Burdell, murder victim
  • George Catlin, painter of Indians
  • Henry Chadwick, "Father of Baseball"
  • Kate Claxton, actress on stage during the Brooklyn Theater fire
  • De Witt Clinton, force behind the Erie Canal, political leader
  • Abraham Duryee, Civil War general
  • Charles Ebbets, Brooklyn Dodgers' owner
  • Molly Fancher, psychic
  • Joey Gallo, mobster nicknamed "Crazy Joe"
  • Henry George, political and economic reformer
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk, America's first great composer
  • Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune
  • Henry Halleck, General in command of all Union forces during the Civil War
  • William Surrey Hart, cowboy actor
  • Laura Keene, actress on stage at Ford's Theatre when President Lincoln was shot
  • Ward McAllister, New York's social arbiter
  • Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, first black woman doctor in New York State
  • Lola Montez, independent woman famed for her affairs and her Spider Dance
  • Frank Morgan, actor, best known for his role as the Wizard in "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Napoleon Sarony, photographer to the stars
  • George Tilyou, proprietor of Coney Island's Steeplechase Park
  • Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Air Airways
  • "Boss" Tweed, political boss of New York City
  • Lester Walleck, actor

If you are looking for burial grounds for a loved one, the Green-Wood Cemetery offers a selection of burial options:

  • Urn garden
  • Community and private family mausoleums
  • Columbarium
  • Traditional, in-ground burials

NYC Discount Car Rentals note that you’ll find a peaceful retreat in the 478 acres filled with thousands of trees, flowering shrubs and four lakes.

Depending on the weather, the cemetery is open to visitors each day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you wish, you can take follow a trained walking guide and learn about the parts of the unique grounds. While you tour or walk around the grounds, keep in mind there may be funerals being performed. Please be respectful during your visit.

Journey to the Green-Wood Cemetery for a different type of adventure n a NYC Discount Car Rentals vehicle during your next visit to the Big Apple.

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