Montefiore Cemetery

Montefiore Cemetery (registered as Springfield L. I. Cemetery Society)
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Established	1908
Location	121-83 Springfield Boulevard; Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°41′09″N 73°44′30″W / 40.68583°N 73.74167°WCoordinates: 40°41′09″N 73°44′30″W / 40.68583°N 73.74167°W
Type	Jewish
Owned by	Springfield L.I. Cemetery Society
No. of graves	>160,000
Website	montefiorecemetery.org
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Montefiore Cemetery, also known as Old Montefiore Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York, established in 1908. The cemetery is called by several names, including Old Montefiore, Springfield, or less commonly, just Montefiore. More than 150,000 have been buried there.

The Shomrim Society, the fraternal society of Jewish officers in the New York City Police Department, has a burial plot for their members in Montefiore Cemetery, and it contains a large granite obelisk erected in 1949.^[2]

Notable burials[]

Hyman Amberg (1902–1926), mobster^[3]
Joseph C. Amberg (c. 1902–1926), mobster^[3]
Louis Amberg (1898–1935), mobster^[3]^[4]
Al "Bummy" Davis (192–1945), boxer^[5]
Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor^[6]
Israel Lewis Feinberg, M.D. (1872–1941), Coroner of New York County
Sidney A. Fine (1903–1982), New York state assemblyman, senator, and U.S. congressman^[7]
Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor
Alexander Granach (1893–1945), actor^[8]^[9]
Shemaryahu Gurary (1897–1989), Chabad rabbi^[10]
Philip M. Kleinfeld (1894–1971), New York State assemblyman, senator, and judge
Oscar Lewis (1914–1970), author and anthropologist^[11]
Lou Limmer (1925–2007), baseball player
William Meyerowitz (1887–1981), artist^[12]
Hans Morgenthau (1904–1980), international relations scholar
Barnett Newman (1905–1970), artist^[13]
Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe^[14]
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe^[14]
Arnold Schuster (1927–1952), Brooklyn clothing salesman and amateur detective^[15]
Aryeh Leib Schochet (1845–1928), Rabbi^[16]
Sholom Secunda (1894–1974), songwriter^[17]
Jacob Shapiro (1899–1947), mobster^[18]
Irwin Steingut (1893–1952), politician, New York State Assemblyman from 1922 to 1952, Speaker of the Assembly in 1935^[19]
Dave Tarras (c. 1895–1989), musician
Abraham Telvi (1934–1956), mobster^[20]

New Montefiore[]

In 1928, Montefiore Cemetery expanded to a second site in Farmingdale, New York, named New Montefiore Cemetery.

References[]

^ Montefiores homepage
^ "Shaft to Honor Police Dead". New York Times. September 25, 1949. p. 49. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (Third ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0786479924. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "Louis Amberg Buried No Ceremony Held for Gangster – Hunt for Slayer Pressed". New York Times. October 25, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Getty Images
^ Wilson, p. 219.
^ The Jews of Capitol Hill, p. 190
^ Wilson, p. 292.
^ From the Shtetl to the Stage
^ Heilman, Samuel; Friedman, Menachem (2012). The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0691154428.
^ Whitman, Alden (December 18, 1970). "Oscar Lewis, Author and Anthropologist, Dead". New York Times. p. 42. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "William Meyerowitz (1893-1981) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ Queens Chronicle
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Heilman and Friedman (2012), p. 17.
^ Perlmutter, Emanuel (March 10, 1952). "150 Police Seeking Schuster Slayer; Motive a Mystery – Hunt Sutton Crony – Tenuto, Escaped Felon, the Chief Suspect in Brooklyn Tragedy – Victim Received Threats – Letters, Calls Began After He Spotted Bandit, but Family Did Not Want Guard, Police Say". New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Rebbe Aryeh Leib Schochet, Kevarim.com
^ Freeman, William (June 14, 1974). "Sholom Seconda Is Dead; Composer, Song Writer". New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Wilson, p. 679.
^ "Steingut Funeral Attended by 4,000 – Lehman and Farley Are Among Notables Attending Service for Minority Leader". New York Times. September 29, 1952. p. 23. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Pearlmutter, Emanuel (August 22, 1956). "Body is Exhumed in Riesel Inquiry – Hogan Requests Move to See if Telvi Was Acid-Scarred – Ohio Pair Questioned Motive Is Sought". New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

External links[]

[1] Montefiores homepage

[2] "Shaft to Honor Police Dead". New York Times. September 25, 1949. p. 49. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

[Wilson-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (Third ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0786479924. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[4] "Louis Amberg Buried No Ceremony Held for Gangster – Hunt for Slayer Pressed". New York Times. October 25, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[5] Getty Images

[6] Wilson, p. 219.

[7] The Jews of Capitol Hill, p. 190

[8] Wilson, p. 292.

[9] From the Shtetl to the Stage

[10] Heilman, Samuel; Friedman, Menachem (2012). The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0691154428.

[11] Whitman, Alden (December 18, 1970). "Oscar Lewis, Author and Anthropologist, Dead". New York Times. p. 42. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[12] "William Meyerowitz (1893-1981) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

[13] Queens Chronicle

[Samuel17-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Heilman and Friedman (2012), p. 17.

[15] Perlmutter, Emanuel (March 10, 1952). "150 Police Seeking Schuster Slayer; Motive a Mystery – Hunt Sutton Crony – Tenuto, Escaped Felon, the Chief Suspect in Brooklyn Tragedy – Victim Received Threats – Letters, Calls Began After He Spotted Bandit, but Family Did Not Want Guard, Police Say". New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[16] Rebbe Aryeh Leib Schochet, Kevarim.com

[17] Freeman, William (June 14, 1974). "Sholom Seconda Is Dead; Composer, Song Writer". New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[18] Wilson, p. 679.

[19] "Steingut Funeral Attended by 4,000 – Lehman and Farley Are Among Notables Attending Service for Minority Leader". New York Times. September 29, 1952. p. 23. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[20] Pearlmutter, Emanuel (August 22, 1956). "Body is Exhumed in Riesel Inquiry – Hogan Requests Move to See if Telvi Was Acid-Scarred – Ohio Pair Questioned Motive Is Sought". New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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Details
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Established	1908^[1]
Location	121-83 Springfield Boulevard Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°41′09″N 73°44′30″W / 40.68583°N 73.74167°W / 40.68583; -73.74167Coordinates: 40°41′09″N 73°44′30″W / 40.68583°N 73.74167°W / 40.68583; -73.74167
Type	Jewish
Owned by	Springfield L.I. Cemetery Society
No. of graves	>160,000
Website	montefiorecemetery.org
Find a Grave	Montefiore Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Montefiore Cemetery