Manhattan

Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest

2 E 90th St at Fifth Avenue

Founded in 1865, the church was originally located on the ne corner of Fifth Avenue and 45th Street, and created as a memorial dead for American Civil War soldiers. This 3 million neo-Gothic styled church opened on Easter Sunday on March 31th, 1929 (less than 7 months before the Stock Market Crash on Black Tuesday, October 29th), on land owned by Andrew Carnegie's widow.

Gloria Swanson - March 27, 1899 to April 4, 1983

General Grant National Memorial

West 122nd Street and Riverside Drive

Overlooking the Hudson River, North Americas largest tomb and mausoleum is a $600,000 memorial to the life and accomplishments of President Ulysses S Grant (elected twice 1868 and 1872). His wife Julia Dent Grant also joins him on the location that was opened on April 27, 1897, with her own tomb.

Ulysses S Grant - Apr. 27, 1822 to Jul. 23, 1885

Mother AME Zion Church

146 W. 137th Street

Founded in 1796, this church first opened in October, 1800 at 158 Church Street (corner of Leonard Street). The first bishop of the church was James Varick, who organized this Freedom Church that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was the first African American church that moved to Harlem (in 1914), its present location opened in 1925. James Varick was first buried in Washington, DC, at the Colored Union Cemetery (now called Woodlawn), before his remains were moved to a crypt in this historic Harlem church.

James Varick - January 10, 1750 to July 22, 1828

New York City Marble Cemetery

52-74 East 2nd Street, between Second and First Avenues

Preserved Fish - July 3, 1766 to July 23, 1846

James Monroe - April 28, 1758 to July 4, 1831

Marinus Willet - July 31, 1740 to August 22, 1830

Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

325 Park Avenue

Lillian and her sister Dorothy are buried in this church

Lillian Gish - October 14, 1893 to Feb. 27, 1993

Trinity Churchyard

Alexander Hamilton - January 11, 1755 to July 12, 1804
Jerry Orbach - October 20, 1935 to December 28, 2004

Brooklyn

Cypress Hills Cemetery

Gentleman Jim Corbett - September 01, 1866 to February 18, 1933
Jackie Robinson - January 31, 1919 to October 24, 1972
Mae West - August 17, 1893 to November 22, 1980

The Evergreens Cemetery

Memorial for Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - March 25, 1911
Bill Bojangles Robinson - May 25, 1877 to November 25, 1949

Friends Quaker Cemetery

Montgomery Clift - October 17, 1920 to July 23, 1966

Green-Wood Cemetery

Albert Anastasia - February 26, 1902 to October 25, 1957
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Dec. 22, 1960 to August 12, 1988
Henry Ward Beecher - June 24, 1813 to March 8, 1887
James Gordon Bennett - September 1, 1795 to June 1, 1872
Leonard Bernstein - August 25, 1918 to October 14, 1990
James Bogardus - March 14, 1800 to April 13, 1874
George Catlin - July 26, 1796 to December 23, 1872
Edwin P. Christy - May. 21, 1815 to May 21, 1862
DeWitt Clinton - March 2, 1769 to February 11, 1828
William Colgate - January 25, 1783 to March 25, 1857
Peter Cooper - February 12, 1791 to April 4, 1883
Jim Creighton - April 15, 1841 to October 18, 1862
Nathaniel Currier - March 27, 1813 to November 20, 1888
Asher Brown Durand - August 21, 1796 to September 17, 1886
Charles Ebbets - October 29, 1859 to April 18, 1925
Charles Feltman - November 8, 1841 to September 20, 1910
Joey Crazy Gallo - April 7, 1929 to April 7, 1972
Horace Greeley - February 3, 1811 to November 29, 1872
James Harper - April 13, 1795 to March 27, 1869
Thomas Hyer - January 1, 1819 to June 26, 1864
James Merritt Ives - March 5, 1824 to January 3, 1895
Abraham Jacobi - May 6, 1830 to July 19, 1919
John Lafarge - March 31, 1835 to November 14, 1910
Pierre Lorillard - October 13, 1833 to July 2, 1901
Seth Low - January 18, 1850 to September 17, 1916
John Matthews - 1808 to January 12, 1870
Lola Montez - February 17, 1821 to January 17, 1861
Frank Morgan - June 1, 1890 to September 18, 1949
Samuel Morse - April 27, 1791 to April 2, 1872
Jacob Wrey Mould - August 7, 1825 to June 14, 1886
Charles 'Mile-A-Minute Murphy - October, 1870 to February 17, 1950
Violet Oakley - June 10, 1874 to February 25, 1961
Charles Pfizer - March 22, 1824 to October 19, 1906
Duncan Phyfe - 1768 to August 16, 1854
William 'Bill The Butcher' Poole - July, 1821 to March 8, 1855
John Reisenweber - October 7, 1851 to August 9, 1931
James Renwick Jr. - November 1, 1818 to June 23, 1895
Henry Rutgers - October 7, 1745 to February 17, 1830
Frederick Augustus Otto Schwarz - October 18, 1836 to May 17, 1911
Edward Robinson Squibb - July 4, 1819 to October 25, 1900
Henry Englehard Steinway - February 15, 1797 to February 7, 1871
Charles Lewis Tiffany - February 15, 1812 to February 18, 1902
Louis Comfort Tiffany - February 18, 1848 to January 17, 1933
George Tilyou - February 3, 1862 to November 30, 1914
John Torrio - February, 1882 to April 6, 1957
William 'Boss' Tweed - April 3, 1823 to April 12, 1878
George Wesley - August 12, 1882 to January 8, 1925
Jacob Aaron Westervelt - June 20, 1800 to February 21, 1879
Charles Tyson Yerkes - June 25, 1837 to December 29, 1905

Green-Wood Cemetery - By Year

Henry Rutgers - October 7, 1745 to February 17, 1830

Duncan Phyfe - 1768 to August 16, 1854

DeWitt Clinton - March 2, 1769 to February 11, 1828

William Colgate - January 25, 1783 to March 25, 1857

Peter Cooper - February 12, 1791 to April 4, 1883

Samuel Morse - April 27, 1791 to April 2, 1872

James Harper - April 13, 1795 to March 27, 1869

James Gordon Bennett - September 1, 1795 to June 1, 1872

George Catlin - July 26, 1796 to December 23, 1872

Asher Brown Durand - August 21, 1796 to September 17, 1886

Henry Englehard Steinway - February 15, 1797 to February 7, 1871

James Bogardus - March 14, 1800 to April 13, 1874

Jacob Aaron Westervelt - June 20, 1800 to February 21, 1879

John Matthews - 1808 to January 12, 1870

Horace Greeley - February 3, 1811 to November 29, 1872

Charles Lewis Tiffany - February 15, 1812 to February 18, 1902

Nathaniel Currier - March 27, 1813 to November 20, 1888

Henry Ward Beecher - June 24, 1813 to March 8, 1887

Edwin P. Christy - May. 21, 1815 to May 21, 1862

James Renwick Jr. - November 1, 1818 to June 23, 1895

Thomas Hyer - January 1, 1819 to June 26, 1864

Edward Robinson Squibb - July 4, 1819 to October 25, 1900

Lola Montez - February 17, 1821 to January 17, 1861

William 'Bill The Butcher' Poole - July, 1821 to March 8, 1855

William 'Boss' Tweed - April 3, 1823 to April 12, 1878

James Merritt Ives - March 5, 1824 to January 3, 1895

Charles Pfizer - March 22, 1824 to October 19, 1906

Jacob Wrey Mould - August 7, 1825 to June 14, 1886

Abraham Jacobi - May 6, 1830 to July 19, 1919

Pierre Lorillard - October 13, 1833 to July 2, 1901

John Lafarge - March 31, 1835 to November 14, 1910

Frederick Augustus Otto Schwarz - October 18, 1836 to May 17, 1911

Charles Tyson Yerkes - June 25, 1837 to December 29, 1905

Jim Creighton - April 15, 1841 to October 18, 1862

Charles Feltman - November 8, 1841 to September 20, 1910

Louis Comfort Tiffany - February 18, 1848 to January 17, 1933

Seth Low - January 18, 1850 to September 17, 1916

John Reisenweber - October 7, 1851 to August 9, 1931

Charles Ebbets - October 29, 1859 to April 18, 1925

George Tilyou - February 3, 1862 to November 30, 1914

Charles 'Mile-A-Minute Murphy - October, 1870 to February 17, 1950

Violet Oakley - June 10, 1874 to February 25, 1961

John Torrio - February, 1882 to April 6, 1957

George Wesley - August 12, 1882 to January 8, 1925

Frank Morgan - June 1, 1890 to September 18, 1949

Joey Crazy Gallo - April 7, 1929 to April 7, 1972

Albert Anastasia - February 26, 1902 to October 25, 1957

Leonard Bernstein - August 25, 1918 to October 14, 1990

Jean-Michel Basquiat - Dec. 22, 1960 to August 12, 1988

Maimonides Cemetery

Marcus Loew - May 7, 1870 to September 5, 1927

Bronx

Saint Raymonds Cemetery

Billie Holiday - April 7, 1915 to July 17, 1959
Frankie Lymon - September 30, 1942 to February 27, 1968

Woodlawn Cemetery

Irving Berlin - May 11, 1888 to September 22, 1989
George Michael Cohan - July 3, 1878 to November 5, 1942
Miles Davis - May 25, 1926 to September 28, 1991
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington - April 29, 1899 to May 24, 1974
Lionel Hampton - April 20, 1908 to August 31, 2002
Augustus D. Juilliard - April 19, 1836 to April 25, 1919
Samuel Kress - July 23, 1863 to September 22, 1955
William Barclay Bat Masterson - November 24, 1854 to October 25, 1921
Herman Melville - August 1, 1819 to September 28, 1891
Joseph Pulitzer - April 10, 1847 to October 29, 1911
Frank Winfield Woolworth - April 13, 1852 to April 8, 1919

Queens

Beth El Cemetery

Emanuel Edward G Robinson Goldenberg - December 12, 1893 to January 26, 1973

Calvary Cemetery

Timothy Daniel Big Tim Sullivan - July 23, 1862 to August 31, 1913

Flushing Cemetery

Louis Satchmo Armstrong - July 4, 1900 to July 6, 1971
John Birks Dizzy Gillespie - October 21, 1917 to January 6, 1993

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Abraham Cahan - July 7th, 1860 to August 31, 1951
Henny Youngman - March 16, 1906 to February 24, 1998

Machpelah Cemetery

Ehrich Harry Houdini Weiss - March 24, 1874 to October 31, 1926

Saint John Cemetery

Charles Atlas - October 30, 1892 to December 24, 1972

Union Field Cemetery

Bert Lahr - August 13, 1895 to December 4, 1967

Staten Island

Moravian Cemetery

Alice Austen - March 17, 1866 to June 9, 1952
Paul Big Paul Castellano - June 26, 1915 to December 16, 1985
Eberhard Faber - December 6, 1822 to March 2, 1879
Cornelius Vanderbilt - May 27, 1794 to January 4, 1877

Asbury Methodist Cemetery

Ichabod Crane - Jul. 18, 1787 to Oct. 5, 1857

Other stars buried in NY State include

Lucille Ball at Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, New York.

Anne Bancroft at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
Louise Brooks at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, New York.
James Cagney at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York.
Kitty Carlisle at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
Harry Chapin at Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, New York.
Gary Cooper at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, New York.
Joan Crawford at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
Judy Garland at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
George & Ira Gershwin at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings on the Hudson, New York.
Margaret Hamilton was cremated in Dutchess County New York.
Helen Hayes at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York.
Judy Holiday at Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings, NY.
Andy Kaufman at Beth David Cemetery, Elmont,Long Island, New York.
Danny Kaye at Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla. New York.
Bob Captain Kangaroo Keeshan at Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Babylon, New York.
Alan King at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York.
John Lennon was cremated in New York City.
Sal Mineo at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York.
Maureen O'Sullivan at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, New York
Basil Rathbone at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
Hal Roach at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
Rod Serling at Interlaken Cemetery, Interlaken, New York.
Ed Sullivan at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
Flo Ziegfeld at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.