Landmarks of Green-Wood Cemetery

Nate Folkert: built by india ink manufacturer higgins to commemorate the battle of brooklyn. faces across the harbor saluting the statue of liberty.

Nate Folkert: a flock of argentine monk parakeets have made their nest on the middle tower of the arch and can often be seen going about their business

Nate Folkert: work is example of victorian-era response to high infant mortality rate by depicting death as sleep

Nate Folkert: largest of the ponds of green-wood. was a natural pond predating the cemetery, but is maintained by well to manage the water level.

Nate Folkert: normally the car and pedestrian gates are open weekends until 4, during covid the fort hamilton pedestrian gate is open until 7:30

Nate Folkert: enter here for the easiest stroll to the monuments and graves on top of battle hill

Nate Folkert: sculpture by artist javier marin was a gift to green-wood from michel langlais. overlooks the historic chapel

Nate Folkert: sculpture of the hidatsa chief black moccasin who helped lewis and clark’s expedition. in honor of george catlin, painter of the american west, buried nearby

Nate Folkert: the hill above niblo's mausoleum affords a nice view of the pond

Nate Folkert: most accessible of the ponds of green wood, just behind the historic chapel, an easy walk from the main gate.

Nate Folkert: locust grove mausolea were designed by architect david grider, taking inspiration from rolling landscape of green wood cemetery, and is named after the estate of samuel morse in dutchess county

Nate Folkert: site of the battle of brooklyn, the largest battle of the american revolutionary war

Nate Folkert: monument dedicated by the city of new york in honor of its heroic dead and to the 148,000 soldiers who enlisted to serve in the civil war

Nate Folkert: a controversial statue because of the depiction of a male “civic virtue” trampling females “vice and corruption”, the statue was moved from ny city hall to queens borough hall to green wood cemetery.

Nate Folkert: allegedly the site of a mythical fiddle duel between an african american named joost and the devil. easiest to see from outside the cemetery on 5th avenue near 36th street

Nate Folkert: monument in memory of the victims of a 1960 plane collision above nyc

Nate Folkert: the highest point is not by the minerva statue; it is up the next hill to the north