About this Event:

New York Marble Cemetery (not to be confused with New York City Marble Cemetery) is one of the oldest burial grounds in NYC. Established in 1831, the cemetery is unique because it has no individual headstones, instead, the family names of internments are displayed on engraved marble plaques that line the Cemetery’s north and south walls. The burial method of internments at New York Marble Cemetery is also unique. Instead of traditional Earth graves, which were outlawed due to fears of yellow fever, the residents of this cemetery rest in marble vaults, about the size of a small room, ten feet below ground. To access one of the 156 family vaults, a stone slab would be moved. 

New York Marble Cemetery is only open to the public about one-time a month. On this rare visit, Insiders will hear about the history of the cemetery and current adaptive reuse as an event venue in a short introduction from cemetery president Caroline DuBois. You can then spend the rest of the afternoon in the cemetery as you choose, enjoying a picnic or using the printed materials provided for a self-guided tour around the grounds.

The New York Marble Cemetery garden is available to rent for weddings, corporate garden parties, graduations and movies to help pay for landscaping expenses.

Visitors will NOT be going down into the vaults.