Bayside cemetery
80-35 Pitkin Avenue
Ozone Park, NY  11417

718-843-4840

Will respond to written requests but not phone requests.

Directions:
From Brooklyn: Belt Parkway to Cross Bay Boulevard.  Turn left and proceed North on Cross Bay Boulevard (Woodhaven Boulevard) to Pitkin Ave.  Turn left to cemetery.

From Queens:  Woodhaven Blvd. to Liberty Ave. Turn to cemetery.

From The Bronx: Triboro Bridge to Grand Central Parkway to Interstate 495 West (Long Island Expressway-Midtown Tunnel) to Woodhaven Blvd. Turn right on Woodhaven Blvd. to Liberty Ave. Turn right to cemetery.

From Long Island: Southern State Parkway to the Belt Parkway westbound, to Cross Bay Blvd. North to Pitkin Ave. Turn left to cemetery.

Directions by train from Times Square:

Walk to 42nd St. and 8th Avenue and take the A train in direction of Ozone Park and get off at 88th St. for Acacia and Bayside Cemeteries and at 80th St. for Mokom Sholom Cemeteries.  Walk to 84th St. and Liberty Avenue for Acacia Cemetery.  For Bayside Cemetery, at 84th St. turn left at Pitkin Avenue for office.  The Bayside office is not open on Sundays and is open mornings only on weekdays (9-12:30).  For Mokom Sholom, at 80th St. walk around to Pitkin Avenue.  All three of these cemeteries should be contacted in advance.  Mokom Sholom in particular is kept locked and they prefer to have a staff person with you to open and close it for you. There is no office on site.  Acacia has an office but it may not be open.  Call at least a day in advance to make arrangements for all three of these cemeteries.


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IAJGS: Ozone Park

Florence Marmor  and David Priever are documenting and trying to save the Acacia, Bayside, and Mokom Sholom cemeteries (especially the 12000 burials in the Free Burial section of Mokom Sholom).