Green-Wood Cemetery

William Holbrook Beard (1825-1900) was a popular painter of comedic animal scenes; it was he who first popularized the Wall Street “bulls” and “bears” by depicting them wrestling on the…

Likely the most poignant monument in Green-Wood is the one erected by Charles Griffith to his beloved wife Jane on Greenbough Avenue in 1858. It depicts a young man going…

Deep within Green-Wood Cemetery, along Linden Avenue, is a section created by the Cemetery to inter Civil War veterans, known as Soldiers’ Lot. Several German immigrants who served their adopted country are…

One of Green-Wood’s more elaborate memorials is also one of its oldest, that of Charlotte Canda (1828-1845), at about the Cemetery’s midpoint.  Charlotte’s life ended in a carriage accident February…

How many of our present-day entertainers, or entertainers from the past fifty years or so, will be remembered a century from now? The giants such as The Beatles or Louis…

For FNY’s 6th Green-Wood Cemetery tour on October 30, 2016, we stuck to the cemetery’s southwest quadrant and visited some sites I haven’t covered until now, as well as visited…

Marie Delores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert (1824-1861) was born in Limerick, Ireland, but was raised in Scotland, educated in Bath in England and in Paris, and gained fame as “Lola Montez, the…

A number of years ago, I believe it was in 1999, I interviewed for American Ink Maker Magazine. The business, part of the Cygnus magazine organization, was located in a corporate park…

Forgotten NY’s 100th tour, October 25, 2012 (the first was June 1, 1999) met at Green-Wood Cemetery, a frequent tour subject. This time we explored the eastern end of the…

Well, your webmaster finally made the team picture after 29 ForgottenTours. Can you spot where I am?* As usual, despite sunny weather predicted all week, ForgottenTour Day turned out cloudy, chance…

CONTINUED FROM GREEN-WOOD HEIGHTS PART 1 5th Avenue The stretch of Fifth Avenue along Green-Wood cemetery is by far its quietest, sandwiched between its incredibly bustling areas on either end: Park…

I confess. “Green-Wood Heights” is a name concocted by real-estaters stumped about what to call the area on the NW side of Green-Wood Cemetery between Park Slope and Sunset Park. Some…