The dead in Queens outnumber the living, thanks to the Rural Cemeteries Act of 1847-8. After a series of epidemics cut a broad swath through all of New York City’s social classes in the 1830s and ’40s ...

Here lies in pieces the remains of St. Saviour's Church, a Maspeth landmark that has been rotting slowly for more than 15 years now in a forgotten corner of All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village. For ...

Maspeth is a residential community in Queens that few people outside of Queens or Brooklyn know about. Bordered by communities like Woodside, Sunnyside, Ridgewood, and Greenpoint, Maspeth is a rather ...

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 ...

New York City is full of enticing locations, but with all the action and innovation, some of its most enchanting spots are often overlooked: its cemeteries. The city is home to over 50 cemeteries ...