In 1863, the City of New York purchased the land from the Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and granted Parks jurisdiction over it. The Calvary Veterans Park, as the site was called, was used as a ...

I hope you will enjoy a repost of one of my first Queenswalks. Next week will be brand new. A trip from Brooklyn to Queens across that semi-movable parking lot known as the Brooklyn Queens Expressway ...

A trip from Brooklyn to Queens across that semi-movable parking lot known as the Brooklyn Queens Expressway will always take you over a vast expanse of the land of the dead, located right near the ...

CALVARY CEMETERY, which straddles the Cleveland-GARFIELD HTS. border, was established in the 1890s due to the growing need for a new and extensive burial ground for Catholics in the Cleveland area.