Established 1879 Website St. John Cemetery Phone +1 718-894-4888 | Founded 1879 Date founded 1879 | |
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Address 80-01 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY 11379, USA Hours Open today · 7AM–5PMFriday7AM–5PMSaturday7AM–5PMSunday7AM–5PMMonday7AM–5PMTuesday7AM–5PMWednesday7AM–5PMThursday7AM–5PMSuggest an edit Owner Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Similar Cypress Hills Cemetery, Manhattanville College, St Andrew's Church, Cathedral Preparatory School a, Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery | ||
St. John Cemetery is an official Roman Catholic burial ground located in Middle Village in the Queens borough of New York City. It is one of nine official Roman Catholic burial grounds in the New York Metropolitan Area. St. John, along with St. Charles/Resurrection Cemeteries in Farmingdale, Long Island, is among the largest cemeteries in New York State. Since its opening, St. John has been the resting place of various famous and infamous people in New York society, such as Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), Governor of the state of New York from 1983–1995, John F. Hylan (1868–1936), mayor of the city of New York from 1918–1925, Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party, Lucky Luciano (1897–1962), considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States, and John J. Gotti (1940–2002), the head of the New York based Gambino crime family from 1985–2002.
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Also buried here are fitness guru Charles Atlas (1893–1972), slain NYPD police officer Rafael Ramos (1974–2014), and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989).