Cemetery of the Evergreens

The Cemetery of the Evergreens, is a non-denominational cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. It was incorporated in 1849. For a time, it was the busiest cemetery in New York City: in 1929, there were 4,673 interments.

Notable burials

• John Bunny (1863–1915), actor
• Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), censor (see Comstock Law)
• James E. Davis (1962–2003), New York City councilman (he was originally interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, but after it was realized that his assassin was also interred there, he was moved to the Cemetery of the Evergreens)
• George William Hall (1849–1923), Major League Baseball player, banned from baseball for life
• Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904), artist
• Lucille Hegamin (1894–1970), singer, female pioneer of the Blues
• Walt Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist
• Winsor McCay (1872–1934), motion picture cartoon pioneer
• William Steinitz (1836–1900), world chess champion
• Antonio "Tony" Pastor (1837–1908), vaudevillian
• Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), tap dancer
• Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), journalist, etiquette authority
• Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (1849–1908), musician

See also:

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• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries