As a cemetery operating in New York State, Green-Wood is fully compliant with the regulations of the NYS Division of Cemeteries. In accordance with state law, these prices have been set and approved by the State Cemetery Board. All prices and availability are subject to change without notice. Services charges effective August 1st, 2024.
Prices of crypts, lots, niches, urn sites, urns, annual care, and perpetual care furnished upon application.
This is a full list of every option available, and we post it here as required by law. Any one of Green-Wood’s memorial counselors will walk you through the possibilities so you can select what’s right for your family.
Mausoleums, Niches, and Graves
Community Mausoleums
Single (one entombment): $40,000
Double (two entombments): $45,000 to $60,000
Triple (three entombments): N/A
Quad (four entombments): $45,000 to $65,000
Niches: $2,300 to $19,000
Urn Sites: from $6,000
Urns: from $250
Cremation Accessories: from $75
Single Graves (up to three burials): $21,000 to $28,000
Plus foundation cost: $929 to $1,134
Two Grave Lots (up to six burials): $44,000
Plus foundation cost: $1,853 to $2,268
Standard Three Grave Lots and larger: From $21,000 per grave – plus foundation
Premium One Grave Lots (up to three burials): $28,000 or $37,000 – plus foundation
Premium Two Grave Lots (up to six burials): From $74,000 – plus foundation
Premium Three Grave Lots and larger: From $37,000 per grave – plus foundation
Premium Lots for Cremated Bodies: From $15,000 – plus foundation
Sarcophagus Sites (378 sq. ft.): $300,000
Mausoleum Sites (756 sq. ft.): $500,000
Odd sizes or additions: Pro-rated
Charges for Opening Graves, Vaults, etc.
Interments – Maximum depth including use of lowering device & grass lining
Adults: $2,410.00 *#
Children (10 years of age or younger): $1,243.00 *#
Saturday burials – extra charge $432.00
(additional charge for each half hour or portion thereof for arrival after 11:30am): $89.00
Wooden outer case or non-metal casket only – extra charge: $104.00
Additional charge for grave openings by hand when made necessary by the lot being enclosed: $814.00
Interment or scattering of cremated body: $553.00 *#
Interment of cremated body in urn vault – extra depth: $660.00 *#
Inurnment of cremated body in niche, private mausoleum, or recessed foundation: $256.00 *#
Access to underground vault, when covered by exposed slab: $1,093.00
Access to underground vault, when covered by earth: $1,394.00
Casket entombment in crypt – community mausoleum: $1,508.00 *#
Casket entombment in crypt – underground vault, side-hill, or above-ground private mausoleum (Monument dealer to be contracted by family to remove tablet and for inscription.): $1,043.00 *#
Sealing tandem crypt – underground vault, side-hill, or above-ground private mausoleum: $320.00
Sealing companion crypt – underground vault, side-hill, or above-ground private mausoleum: $397.00
Use of chapel: $301.00
Use of shelter tent: $142.00
Funerals arriving after 4pm or waiting time over 30 minutes, for each half hour or portion thereof: $97.00
When necessary to raise or re-inter remains an additional charge will be made:
When disinterred remains are to be re-interred into the same grave or crypt: $609.00
When disinterred remains are to be re-interred to another location: $1,389.00
Receiving Tomb – for each body: $591.00
Additional charge after 6 months, and for each 6 months thereafter: $199.00
Cremation
In accordance with New York State law, anyone wishing to make arrangements for cremation must work with a licensed funeral director and not directly with the cemetery. The funeral director can, in turn, make arrangements for a cremation at Green-Wood. Listed below are the state-approved fees for the cremation only. These costs are incorporated into the overall services funeral directors provide.
Adult cremation with chapel service: $581.00 *
Adult direct cremation (no service, no family in attendance): $500.00 *
Adult direct cremation using alternative container (no service, no family in attendance): $447.00 *
Child cremation (10 years of age or younger) with chapel service: $379.00 *
Child direct cremation (no service, no family in attendance): $327.00 *
Child direct cremation using alternative container (no service, no family in attendance): $292.00 *
Temporary storage of cremated body for one month or less: $56.00
Permanent placement of cremated body in common area: $136.00
Shipping & handling of cremated body via priority mail express: $63.00
Foundation Charges, including excavation
For individual foundations:
Charge per cubic foot (5 feet through 8 feet deep): $55.00
Charge per cubic foot (9 feet deep): $57.00
Charge per cubic foot (10 feet deep): $63.00
For strip foundations:
Single-grave areas: $929.00
Two-grave lot areas: $1,853.00
Removal of old foundations, per cubic foot: $18.00
Labor charge, if necessary to remove and replace stones, per man, per hour: $42.00
(Foundations for monuments shall be built to the full depth of the grave or its equivalent if rock conditions exist.)
Permit fee for additional inscribing of an existing monument, setting of stonework, or repairs to existing stonework: $40.00
Miscellaneous Fees
Registry of all instruments & Certified transcripts: $27.00
Genealogical searches:
Burial listings, interment records, diagrams, and other research (per half hour or part thereof): $37.00
Handling and sealing of liners: $282.00
Handling crypt tablets for inscriptions (community mausoleums): $362.00
Handling niche tablets for inscriptions (columbarium niches): $167.00
* Includes $5.00 New York State Cemetery Vandalism and Abandoned Cemetery Property Fund.
# Includes $35.00 New York State mandated contribution to the Permanent Maintenance Fund of the Cemetery.
Link to New York State Division of Cemeteries Disclosure Forms (or access via QR code below)
