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Green-Wood Cemetery


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 104 attractions in Brooklyn
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Attraction type: Cemetery
Activities: Group tours/walking tour
Address: 500 25th St Brooklyn, NY 11232
Tel: 718-768-7300

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5 of 5 stars
jailor   20 contributions
Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Apr 15, 2009

Green-wood cemetery is one of the most beautiful places you can visit in all of Brooklyn, New York. They offer tours on foot and by trolley car ride. It is the resting place of many historic people and has one of the largest number of Civil War veterans buried here. The head historian Jeff Richman offers many personally lead tours... more

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5 of 5 stars
pjsubway   18 contributions
New York City
Mar 9, 2009

A walk through the hills of Green-Wood is a lesson in NYC history, with plenty of scenery added on. Many of the headstones are spectacular, making it as much as a sculpture garden as a cemetary. During the spring and fall seasons, the trees are amazing. I've visited famous cemetaries in New Orleans, Paris and Buenos Aires, but Green-Wood beats... more

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4 of 5 stars
CLHow   7 contributions
Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 29, 2008

Went on 'family business' but found the walk very peaceful and beautiful within the turning leaves. If cemeteries don't spook you it's a great escape from traffic and noise and lots of interesting people interred there. The old markers are an art museum in themselves. more

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Green-Wood Cemetery Address

500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Tel: 718-768-7300