Food and Clothes Drive at Cypress Hills and Canarsie Cemeteries
Cypress Hills and Canarsie Cemetery introduces our 2nd Annual Food and Clothes Drive We here at Cypress Hills and Canarsie Cemeteries understand the importance of supporting our communities; that's why, throughout the year we dedicate ourselves to this mission...
Cypress Hills Cemetery now on Instagram and Twitter!
Cypress Hills is pleased to announce that we are now on Instagram and Twitter. There you will find old and new photos of the Cemetery grounds, as well as updates and announcements about our upcoming community events. We invite everyone to visit us at the...
Cemetery visitation on Sunday, May 3rd
Be advised The cemetery will be closed to all traffic on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015. For our 3rd annual 5k Run Through History in honor of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski. Visitation will be closed from 8am - 12pm. Visitation can resume after 12pm. We apologize...
Cypress Hills Cemetery’s 3rd Annual 5k Run Through History
Join us for our 3rd annual 5k run in honor of fallen NYPD Officer Peter Figoski on Sunday, May 3rd. Registration begins at 7:30am and the race will start at 9am. Participants are encouraged to register online @...
Meet Santa at the Cemetery!
Up to the North Pole the invitation has been sent….. and guess who accepted to be here for Cypress Hills Cemetery’s 4th Annual Meet Santa Event?? Santa replied he’ll be here with bells on and arrive in his sleigh... So mark December 13th on your calendar because it...
4th Annual Veteran’s Day Event
Celebrate our veterans on November 11th at Cypress Hills at 10:00 am Our program features: Guest Speakers Musical Entertainment Franklin K. Lanes Jr. Air Force ROTC Readings and, as always, Free Refreshments
All Souls’ Day Mass
Holy Mass will be celebrated for All Souls’ Day at Cypress Hills Cemetery on Monday, November 3rd at 10 am in our historic Cypress Hills Abbey Chapel. Monsignor Gregory Wielunski, Pastor of St. Pancras Church, will celebrate the Mass. ...
FREE Harvest Extravaganza: Oct 19, 2014
Join Cypress Hills Cemetery for a FUN community event. We'll have: It’s Halloween time…are you...
Summer Planting
Cemetery Visitation on Sunday, May 4th
The Cemetery will be closed to visitation Sunday, May 4th from 8am – 12pm for our 5k Race Through History We apologize for the inconvenience Thank you for your understanding ...
Cypress Hills 2nd Annual 5k Run Through History
Join us May 4th for our second Annual 5k run through the cemetery. The run promises to be both unique and challenging while honoring one of New York's finest and raising funds for charity. https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Brooklyn/CypressHillsCemetery5KRunThroughHistory
Notable Feature – James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith was born in 1813 in New York City. He was a physician, apothecary, as well as an active abolitionist. Most notably, Smith was the first African-American to earn a medical degree in the United States. For more info, visit this link:...
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