In addition to our general site search in the main menu above, you can search our database of burials or our short biographies of veterans of World War II, World War I, or the Civil War, or all three wars combined.
It can be difficult to engage in conversations about death: Will I say the wrong thing? Am I going to offend someone? Who wants to discuss morbid stuff anyway? Green-Wood’s book club, Mortality & Me, helps make death, dying, and end-of-life matters easier to talk about through compelling books that tackle these topics head on. … Read more
CAIRNS Gelsey BellOngoing PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HERE ARTS Cairns is a soundwalk through Green-Wood created by Gelsey Bell as an opportunity for listeners to meditate on the land we inhabit, sink into an arboreal temporality, and unearth the stories of a few historic trailblazers. Written and narrated by Bell with music by Bell and composer … Read more
Visiting a cemetery is a unique experience that can evoke a range of emotions, assumptions, memories, and questions, whether or not a person has experienced loss. Please use the materials on this page to prepare yourself, your students and their families, and your school administrators before your visit to Green-Wood. Pre-Visit Letter for Families We’ve … Read more
Tombs, open to the public for the first time on October 15 and 16. Free!
You can access a PDF version of this map at this link (right click and save to download). Click here for our Alive at Green-Wood map of notable points. To locate a Section on this map, refer to the X, Y coordinates provided on the top, right, and left borders. Click on the controls below to browse:
One of the best ways to explore Green-Wood without getting lost is by using one of our comprehensive free maps. Find some of Green-Wood’s famous and infamous 560,000 permanent residents, visit one of our four picturesque lakes, visit Battle Hill, get directions to Green-Wood or just plan your own tour through Green-Wood. To obtain a … Read more
Grab your smartphone and see Green-Wood in a whole new way! We are thrilled to launch the “Agents of Discovery” app, which we’ve developed in partnership with the US Forest Service. While we’re pretty sure our founders could not have quite wrapped their heads around this, we know they’d love the way it encourages users to discover Green-Wood’s trees, hills, and glacial ponds. Augmented reality? Check. Point scoring? Check. Kids outdoors discovering nature? Check. Win-win for everyone. Open to families with children of all ages. Ticket price covers the entire family!
Saturday, February 19, 2011 Our friends at the National Park Service are hosting a great evening of history and politics. Retracing the exact travel itinerary of the newly-elected president, one of the nation’s best-known Lincoln re-enactors, Fritz Klein, will recreate the speech Lincoln gave to New Yorkers on February 19, 1861. Lincoln’s NYC appearance was … Read more
This page will be updated soon with new links and information. On Chancellor’s Day, June 4th , Green-Wood is running three of our trolley programs just for teachers. Experience unique aspects of Green-Wood history on one, two, or three tours; and enjoy a potluck, picnic lunch on our grounds as well as some cookies provided … Read more
Burial and Vital Records: 1840-1937 Green-Wood is proud to announce our new searchable database of detailed burial records from 1840 to 1937. How is this different from Green-Wood’s Burial Search? This data goes way beyond the basics. Recorded in a series of handwritten ledgers updated daily by Cemetery administrators over its first century, these records … Read more
