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Trinity Church Cemetery

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(212) 602-0800
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The art of dying in Manhattan

The cemetery of Trinity Church, located at 155th Street and Riverside on the grounds of Trinity Church, is the only active cemetery on the island of Manhattan. With the rising price of land on the island, it has been necessary to dig up the majority of those buried under the city, but after many years of official and unofficial burials, there are still many remains scattered under what are now the streets and skyscrapers of the Big Apple. The Trinity Cemetery is the only official cemetery remaining. Upon entering, we were met with blank stares from the skulls that hover over the 17th and 18th-century graves.

Among sculpted angels, we read epitaphs reflecting on the shortness of life. The atmosphere in the cemetery is ominous, as in any burial ground. The oldest grave, the oldest in the entire state of New York, dates back to 1681 and is the resting place of a five year old child. It is strange to stand here and think that we could just take two steps back into the maelstrom of New York City.
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A historic cemetary

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Found behind the famous Trinity Church, this cemetery looks very different from other American classics like Arlington, and is more European in style. Here many of the early citizens of Manhattan are buried, among them Alexander Hamilton, who was the famous right arm of George Washington.

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