Union Field Cemetery
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| Union Field Cemetery | |
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| 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]
Notable burials
[edit]- Roy Cohn, lawyer and prosecutor who handled the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
- Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor; manufacturer of model railways
- 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, politican; United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915
- Alan Hewitt, actor
- Samuel H. Hofstadter, lawyer and politician
- Jacob Joseph, Chief Rabbi of New York City
- Bert Lahr, actor and comedian
- Robert Lansing, actor
- Arnold Rothstein, crime boss in the early 20th-century
- Nahum Meir Schaikewitz, Yiddish and Hebrew novelist and playwright.
- Ludwig Teller, politician; United States representative from New York 1957 to 1961
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kadinsky, Sergey. "UNION FIELD CEMETERY, RIDGEWOOD". Forgotten New York. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
External links
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