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Cemeteries List

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Androvette Family Burying Ground Obliterated Near the shore, Charleston (Formerly Westfield)      
Asbury African M.E. Churchyard Obliterated site now occupied by Angiulli Plaza Shopping Center, south side of Forest Avenue near North Avenue, Port Richmond Center (Formerly Northfield) 1852-1900 The Staten Island Borough Historian (718)816-2137 has assembled a record of some of the burials.  
Asbury Methodist Cemetery once Abando ned West side of Richmond Avenue at corner of Amsterdam Place (next to Son-Rise), New Springville 1802- William, Asbury Cemetery Association, Inc. Transcribed at asbury.shtml ; burial site of Ichabod Crane

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Baron Hirsch Cemetery (Jewish) Active Richmond Avenue, Graniteville (formerly Northfield)   1126 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314, (718) 698-0162  
Barton-Holmes-Perine Family Burying Ground Obliterated Bay Terrace 1750-    
Bedell-Decker Family Burying Ground Obliterated Ketchum's Hill above Old Mill Road within Latourette Park, Richmond/New Springville 1750-    
Bethel United Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Active Amboy Road & Bethel Avenue, Tottenville (formerly Westfield)   7260 Amboy Road , Staten Island, NY 10307 Transcribed at Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
Billopp Family Burying Ground Obliterated Conference House Park, Tottenville (Formerly Westfield) after 1675    
Blazing Star Cemetery see Rossville Cemetery
Brighton Heights Reformed Church Cemetery Obliterated Originally Van Duzer Street near Broad Street, Stapleton (Formerly Middletown); Removed to Silver Mount Cemetery      
Burbanck Family Burying Ground Obliterated Staten Island Academy, Todt Hill; stones in Moravian Cemetery      

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Cemetery of the Resurrection (Roman Catholic) Active Hylan Boulevard, Bedell Street, Sharrot Avenue, Pleasant Plains   Peter J. Ryan, Superintendent, 381 Sharrott Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10309-3321 718-356-7738  
Cherry Lane Cemetery see Asbury African M.E. Churchyard
Child's Nursery Cemetery See New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Cemetery
Christ Church Columbarium Active In Chapel of church at 76 Franklin Avenue, New Brighton 1985- Christ Church 76 Franklin Avenue. 10301 727-6100  
Church of the Ascension Cemetery Abandoned Richmond Terrace adjoining Staten Island Cemetery, between Tompkins Court and Alaska Street, West Brighton, (formerly Castleton) 1802-1860   Transcriptions at Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2 and FACSI database
Church of the Ascension Columbarium Active 1 Kingsley Avenue, Staten Island NY 10314   1 Kingsley Avenue, Staten Island NY 10314  
Coopers Cemetery See Silver Mount Cemetery
Corson Family Burying Ground Inactive Most northerly section of Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Port Richmond (Formerly Northfield)     Some Corson stones pre-date the church
Cruser Family Burying Ground Obliterated Richmond Terrace and Elizabeth Avenue, West Brighton (formerly Castleton) 1760-    

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Dawson/Martineau Families Vault Obliterated Originally between Victory Boulevard, Manor Road, College Avenue and Jewett Avenue, Castleton Corners; Martineau vault covers removed first to Staten Island Cemetery and are now in Moravian Cemetery      
Douglass Cemetery   near Ocean View Cemetery      
Dutch Reformed Churchyard see Reformed Church on Staten Island Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Ellis Family Burying Ground Obliterated Close to the shore near Androvette's Hill (Formerly Westfield)      

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Fairview Cemetery Active Four Corners, south side of Victory Boulevard., west of Manor Road, Castleton Corners (Formerly Middletown) 1876- North Shore Cemetery Association 1852 Victory Boulevard 10314 (718) 448-9140, [Note: State Regulated]  
Farm Colony Cemetery Abandoned West side of Brielle Avenue and north of Rockland Avenue, Sea View 1830- Seaview Hospital and Home 460 Brielle Avenue, 317-3221 Few headstones remain
First Baptist Church Cemetery see Old Clove Baptist Churchyard
Forgotten Acre Abandoned Oakwood     Also see forgotten_acre.html
Fountain Cemetery Abandoned Tompkins Court off Richmond Terrace near Broadway West Brighton (Formerly Castleton) *or* west of Van Street near Richmond Terrace, West Brighton 1860/5- FACSI, 315 Sharon Avenue , Staten Island NY 10301 Transcribed at Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 1 and FACSI database
Fountain Family Burying Ground Obliterated Old Town Road near Railroad station, Old Town, (Formerly Southfield) 1750-    
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Active Northwest corner of Amboy Road and Montreal Avenue 1935- 3201 Amboy Road, Staten Island NY 10306-2703, (718) 351-0764 Note: State Regulated  
French Huguenot Church Cemetery Obliterated Arthur Kill Road near Brookfield Avenue, Greenridge (Formerly Westfield)      

G

Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Graniteville Cemetery See Hillside Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Hebrew Free Burial Association Cemetery See Mt. Richmond Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery once Abandoned Richmond Avenue Graniteville (Formerly Northfield) 1898- Beverly Lehn, Willowbrook Park Baptist Church, 1780 Richmond Avenue, (718) 698-1318. Hillside Cemetery c/o Willowbrook ark Baptist Church 1780 Richmond Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314-3994 718-698-1318  
Hillyer Family Burying Ground See Simonson Family Burying Ground
Huguenot Dutch Reformed Cemetery Removed Amboy Road and Huguenot Avenue, Huguenot   Huguenot Dutch Reformed Church 5475 Amboy Road  
Hungarian Reformed Church See West Baptist Church Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Indian Burial Sites Obliterated Tottenville; West Brighton      

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Jacobson Family Vault Obliterated Fort Wadsworth (on U.S. Government grounds) 1790-    
Johnson-Butler Families Burying Ground Obliterated Two separate sites close by each other near Wolfe's Pond Park, Princes Bay      
Journeay Family Burying Ground Abandoned Carlton Boulevard. and Halpin Avenue, on crest of hill above creek, Annadale 1750- Borough Headquarters NYC Dept of Parks Clove Road (718) 390-8000  

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Lake Cemetery Abandoned, but occasionally used Forest Avenue and Willowbrook Road, Graniteville (Formerly Northfield) 1842-1998   Transcribed in FACSI database and Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
Lake Family Burying Ground Obliterated Near sewage treatment plant in Oakwood/Great Kills 1750-    

M

Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Marine Cemetery Abandoned Separate section to the rear of Ocean View Cemetery, Oakwood 1900- See Oakwood Cemetery  
Marine Cemetery (Quarantine Cemetery) Obliterated north side of Victory Boulevard, on Silver Lake Golf Course, adjacent to Silver Lake Park 1850- NYC Dept of Parks 390-8000 Transcribed in Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
Marine Society of N.Y. Cemetery See Mariners Family Asylum Cemetery
Mariners Family Asylum Cemetery Obliterated Vanderbilt Avenue, Clifton,(Formerly Middletown) 1880-   Some gravestones removed years ago to Moravian Cemetery
Merrell Family Burying Ground Abandoned north side of Merrill Avenue. west of Richmond Avenue, Bulls Head, (Formerly Northfield) 1699/1794   Transcribed in Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 1
Mersereau Family Vault Obliterated West side of Morningstar Road, north of Forest Avenue, Elm Park-Graniteville, (Formerly Northfield) 1880-    
Micheau Family Burying Ground Obliterated Between Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Jefferson Boulevard and Rosedale Avenue, Arden Heights      
Moravian Cemetery Active Intersection of Richmond Road and Todt Hill Road, New Dorp-Grant City, (Formerly Northfield) 1763-present 2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island NY 10306-2557 718-351-0136  
Morgan Family Burying Ground Obliterated Fresh Kills Landfill 1795-   Memorial stone in Ocean View Cemetery
Mt. Loretto (Mission of the Immaculate Virgin) Home Cemetery Active? on grounds of Mt. Loretto Home, Hylan Boulevard, near Sharrott Avenue. Pleasant Plains   Mission of the Immaculate Virgin 6581 Hylan Boulevard 10309 for use only by priests, nuns, and orphans killed in war
Mt. Richmond Cemetery Active West side of Clarke Avenue, near Arthur Kill Road 1909- 420 Clarke Avenue Staten Island NY 10306-6139 718-667-0915; Hebrew Free Burial Assn. 1170 Broadway N.Y. (212) 686-2433  

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
New Springville Cemetery see Asbury Methodist Cemetery
New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Cemetery Obliterated Castleton Corners, (Formerly Middletown) 1880- Borough Historian Borough Hall 10301 816-2137  
North Baptist Church Cemetery See Hillside Cemetery
North Shore Cemetery See Fairview Cemetery
North Side Methodist See St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Oakwood Cemetery   Separate section to the rear of Ocean View Cemetery Oakwood 1901-   Seamen who died at former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital now Bayley-Seton Hospital
Ocean View The Cemetery Beautiful Active north side of Amboy Road, Oakwood 1899- Ocean View Cemetery, 3315 Amboy Road , Staten Island, NY 10306, (718) 351-1870 State regulated
Old Clove Baptist Churchyard Abandoned Northwest corner Clove and Richmond Roads, (on Emerson Hill), Concord, (Formerly Middletown) 1809-   Some members of the First Baptist Church in Concord relocated to Richmond Avenue in Graniteville as the North Baptist Church and there started a cemetery (Hillside); later in the 19th century, some members of the second church split off into the Graniteville (or First) Baptist Church on Willowbrook Road. There they established a small cemetery that grew into Lake Cemetery and this was also known as First Baptist Church Cemetery. Both later churches and cemeteries stem from the original Old Clove Baptist or First Baptist Church in Concord.
Old Slaves Burying Ground/Old Slaves Cemetery see Asbury African M.E. Churchyard

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Patterson Cemetery obliterated? Travis on Glen St bet Melvin Ave and Victory Blvd late 1700s-Korean War    
Polish Cemetery aka Polish National Catholic Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery Active West side of Willowbrook Road adjacent to Lake Cemetery, Graniteville, (Formerly Northfield)   Bayonne, New Jersey Heart of Jesus Polish Church, 285 Avenue E, Bayonne NJ  
Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery See Reformed Church on Staten Island Cemetery
Potters Field see Farm Colony Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Quarantine Cemetery Obliterated Silver Lake Golf Course; (see Marine)      
Quarantine Cemetery see Marine Cemetery (Quarantine Cemetery)
Quarantine Cemetery Obliterated Near corner of Hyatt Street and St. Marks Place, St. George      
Quarantine Cemetery Obliterated Near Wolfe's Pond Park, Princes' Bay      
Quarry Cemetery Unknown Undetermined 1880-    

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Reformed Church on Staten Island Cemetery Inactive West side of Port Richmond Avenue, south of Richmond Terrace, Port Richmond, (Formerly Northfield)   Reformed Church on Staten Island 54 Port Richmond Avenue, 10302, (718) 442-7393  
Resurrection See Cemetery of the Resurrection
Rezeau/Van Pelt Family Burying Ground Closed Adjoining court House on grounds of Historic Richmondtown, Richmond   Historic Richmondtown 441 Clarke Avenue, (718) 351-1617  
Ridgway Family Burying Ground Obliterated Near southwest corner of Baron Boulevard and Latimer Avenue, west of Victory Boulevard, Chelsea Heights 1771- Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, 315 Sharon Avenue, 10301 When original cemetery was obliterated, a memorial cemetery was set up in a corner of the property and surviving stones placed there; at present inaccessible
Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery - Old AME Zion Cemetery Abandoned West side of Bloomingdale Road, north of Woodrow Road, Rossville 1850-   No records found
Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery - Rossville AME Zion Cemetery Active South side of Crabtree (formerly Guyon) Avenue, west of Bloomfield Road ca 1883- Rossville AME church NYC Landmark
Rossville Seguine/Sleight/Blazing Star Family Burying Ground, Abandoned Arthur Kill Road between Huguenot Avenue and Rossville Avenue, Rossville, (Formerly Westfield) 1750-1850   NYC Landmark

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Sailors Snug Harbor Cemetery Closed Prospect Avenue at Devon Place and east of Allison Pond, off Brentwood Avenue, Randall Manor, (Formerly Castleton) 1834-1971 Sailors Snug Harbor Post Office Box 150 Sea Level, N.C. 28577 Two sections, the northerly older cemetery is now without headstones; the southerly newer cemetery has standing stones. Also see http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=1186
St. Agnes Cemetery Never used Adjoins Ocean View Cemetery; north of Amboy Road      
St. Andrew's Church Cemetery Active Corner of Old Mill Road and Richmond Hill Road in Richmondtown   St. Andrews Episcopal Church 40 Old Mill Road. (718) 351-0900 Jim will do lookups in The Church of St. Andrew... by Davis/Leng/Vosburgh, Staten Island Historical Society, 1925 - elbrecht at email dot com
St. Christopher's RC Church Cemetery   130 Midland Ave, Staten Island NY     as per FSICOLO40 at aol dot com
St. John's Episcopal Church Columbarium Active 1331 Bay Street, Clifton 10305      
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Active West of Jewett Avenue at Catherine Court, Port Richmond, (Formerly Northfield) 1850- St. Johns Lutheran Church, 9 Catherine Court (718) 815-9374 Once belonged to Trinity Methodist Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery   Barry Street, west of Rossville Avenue, Rossville (Formerly Westfield)   St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church 6135 Amboy Road. (718) 984-4572  
St. Luke's Cemetery Once Abandoned; Inactive near Arthur Kill Road, across from Zebra Lane, Rossville, (Formerly Westfield) 1746- All Saints Episcopal Church 2329 Victory Boulevard. 10314 (718) 698-1338 includes Woglum Family Burying Ground and Vaughn Cemetery; transcribed at Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
St. Mary's of the Assumption Church Cemetery Active Hooker Place, near the southwest corner of Walker St and Trantor Place, Elm Park (Formerly Northfield)   St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, 2230 Richmond Terrace 10302 (718) 442-6372  
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Active northeast corner of Parkinson Avenue and Kramer St. with another section at northwest corner of Parkinson Avenue and Reid Avenue, Grasmere   1101 Bay Street, Staten Island, NY 10305 718-447-0598  
St. Mary's Episcopal Columbarium Active 347 Davis Avenue, corner of Castleton Avenue, West Brighton, (Formerly Castleton)   St. Mary's Church, 347 Davis Avenue. 10310 (718) 442-1527  
St. Michael's Home Cemetery   419 Woodrow Road, Annadale   Presentation Sisters of Staten Island, 419 Woodrow Road (718) 356-2121 For use by nuns only
St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery Active At triangular intersection of Bement Avenue and Clove Road with another section across Clove Road, West Brighton, (Formerly Castleton) 1848- 52 Tyler Avenue 10310-3127 (718) 442-2363  
St. Thomas's Catholic Cemetery See St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Sandy Ground See Rossville African A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery
Sandy Ground Cemetery See Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery
Seamen's Retreat Cemetery Obliterated Clifton (Formerly Middletown) 1830-   See FACSI database
Second Asbury African M.E. Church Cemetery see Asbury African M.E. Churchyard        
Seguine Family Burying Ground See Rossville Cemetery
Silver Lake Cemetery Active 926 Victory Boulevard, 10301, east side of Victory Boulevard, south of Silver Mount Cemetery, across from Silver Lake Park and Golf Course, Silver Lake/Sunnyside, 926 Victory Boulevard 1868- Hebrew Free Burial Association, No. 501, 1170 Broadway N.Y. (212) 686-2433  
Silver Mount Cemetery Active east side of Victory Boulevard, across from Silver Lake Park and Golf Course 918 Victory Boulevard. Silver Lake/Sunnyside 1866- Silver Mount Cemetery Association, 918 Victory Boulevard , Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 727-7020 Originally Coopers Cemetery; state regulated
Silvie's Cemetery See Lake Cemetery
Simonson Farm Burying Ground Obliterated Between Richmond Avenue, Richmond Hill Road, Merrymount Street, and Nome Avenue, New Springville 1790-    
Simonson Family Burying Ground See Hillyer/Simonson Family Burying Ground
Sleight Family Burying Ground See Rossville Cemetery
Snug Harbor Cemetery See Sailors' Snug Harbor Cemetery
Staten Island Cemetery Abandoned Richmond Terrace between Alaska Street and Tompkins, West Brighton (Formerly Castleton) 1851-1966 FACSI 315 Sharon Avenue, Staten Island NY 10301 State regulated; also see vos_vol1.shtml and FACSI database
Sylvan Cemetery Abandoned West side of Victory Boulevard, north of triangle intersection with Glen Street, Travis (Formerly Northfield) 1781- NYC Real Estate Div. 2 Lafayette Street, New York NY 10007 (212) 442-0210 Also see vos_vol1.shtml
Sylvan Grove Cemetery See Sylvan Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
The Burial Place See Reformed Church on Staten Island Cemetery
Travis Cemetery See Sylvan Cemetery
Trinity Chapel Burying Ground See Church of the Ascension
Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery See St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Port Richmond
Tysen-Decker Family Burying Ground Obliterated Near Staten Island Mall, New Springville      

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
United Brethren Church On Staten Island See Moravian Cemetery
United Hebrew Cemetery Active 122 Arthur Kill Road, south side of Arthur Kill Road near Clarke Avenue 1906- 122 Arthur Kill Road 10306-1134 (718) 351-0230 State regulated

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Valhalla Memorial Park see Ocean View The Cemetery Beautiful
Van Street Burying Ground within Fountain Cemetery        
Vanderbilt Family Ground   Entrance inside Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, (Formerly Southfield)   Moravian Cemetery 2205 Richmond Road 351-0136 Private - No Admittance
Van Pelt Family Burying Ground See Rezeau Family Burying Ground
Vaughn Cemetery Once Abandoned; Inactive Now part of St. Luke's Cemetery, Rossville (Formerly Westfield); north side of Arthur Kill Road across from Zebra Lane     See Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
Vaughn Cemetery See St. Luke's Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
West Baptist Church Cemetery Abandoned west side Arthur Kill Road, north of Sharrots Road, Charleston (Formerly Westfield)   Real Estate Division of the City of New York, 2 Lafayette Street, New York NY (212)442-0210 See Leng, Davis, Vosburgh Volume 2
West New Brighton Cemetery see Staten Island Cemetery
Winant Family Burying Ground (1) Obliterated Close to water near Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, Charleston (Formerly Westfield)      
Winant Family Burying Ground (2) Obliterated Across Woodrow Road from Woodrow Methodist Church, Woodrow (Formerly Westfield)      
Woglum Family Burying Ground See St. Luke's Cemetery
Wood Family Burying Ground Obliterated Amboy Road near Swinnerton Street, Tottenville (Formerly Westfield)      
Woodland Cemetery Active East side Victory Boulevard, corner of Highland Avenue, Silver Lake   Woodland Cemetery Assn. 982 Victory Boulevard, 10301 Website State regulated
Woodrow United Methodist Church Cemetery Active 1075 Woodrow Road, west of Huguenot Avenue, Woodrow (Formerly Westfield)   Woodrow U.M. Church 1075 Woodrow Road (718) 984-0148  
Wright Family Burying Ground Demolished St. Luke's Church, corner of Arthur Kill Road and St. Luke's Place, Rossville (Formerly Westfield)     When the church was demolished, there were two "Wright" stones in the yard that pre-dated the church

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Ye Olde Burial Hill See Sylvan Cemetery

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Cemetery Status Location Known burials Contact Notes
Zion See Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery

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