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Washington Cemetery
1850
Bay Parkway, Mapleton, Brooklyn
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The Rural Cemetery Act of 1847 allowed commercial burial grounds outside city limits, and several opened on farmland in this part of Kings County, which was not yet part of Brooklyn. Washington Cemetery was founded in 1850 and was taking Jewish burials by 1857, German at first and then, from the end of the century, Russian and Eastern European.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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