"Cemeteries are not just for the dead, they're for the living." Charlotte Canda was coming home from her 17th birthday party in the winter of 1845 in New York when she was thrown from her horse-drawn ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is the permanent resting spot for nearly 600,000 New Yorkers, but it wasn’t always the famous national landmark it is today. Explore how the cemetery grounds are maintained, which ...

NAMING THE LOST Memorials (NTLM), along with City Lore, Great Small Works, Mano A Mano, and The Green-Wood Cemetery, held their fifth COVID-19 public art memorial activation and dedication ceremony on ...

Green-Wood Cemetery’s 10th annual extravaganza, “A Night at Niblo’s Garden,” transformed one of the cemetery’s most picturesque spots, the shores of Crescent Water, into an immersive theatrical ...

Artist groups Naming the Lost Memorials (NTLM), City Lore, Great Small Works, and Mano A Mano, along with the Green-Wood Cemetery, held their fifth Covid-19 public art memorial activation and ...

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY — Richard J. Moylan served as the president of Green-Wood Cemetery since 1986 and announced his decision to retire in 2025. As the head of one of the nation’s most storied ...

This weekend, Green-Wood Cemetery is offering tours of its beautiful grounds and opening the doors to many of its most popular mausoleums and catacombs. The 478-acre cemetery was founded in 1838 and ...

On September 6-7, 2025, the MasterVoices Chorus sings in ARCH, an installation opera, by Kaleider, the UK-based production studio, at The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The two free Down to Earth ...

This Sunday is a time to think about death. Green-Wood Cemetery’s first-ever “Sunday in the Cemetery” will bring together end-of-life professionals, artists, caregivers and community members for free ...