Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery - Jersey City NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 40° 41.718 W 074° 05.268
18T E 577070 N 4505333
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery is located at 321 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07305.
Waymark Code: WM1AQFJ
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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"Bayview Cemetery, previously called Greenville Cemetery, is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It merged with New York Bay Cemetery and is now known as Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery.

History
The cemetery was built in 1848. It is located in the Greenville Section near Danforth Avenue Station. A former turnpike, the Bergen Point Plank Road, now Garfield Avenue, runs through the cemetery.

The cemetery contains a memorial and plots of several employees of the Cunard Shipping Line. Ziegler served as president of the Cemetery, from 1935 to 1957.

The cemetery contains a section which is an early Jewish burial ground, unique to Hudson County."

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