Maimonides Cemetery

{{Infobox cemetery | name = Maimonides Cemetery | established = 1853 | location = 895 Jamaica Ave. Brooklyn, NY | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|40.6906072|-73.8712699}} | type = Private Jewish cemetery | owner = Maimonides Benevolent Society | size = 7.5 acres<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John Henry |title=The Leonard manual of the cemeteries of New York and vicinity |date=1901 |publisher=New York, J. H. Leonard |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/leonardmanualofc00leon/page/52/mode/2up |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref> | interments = Over 1,700 | website = https://www.maimonidescemetery.com/ | findagraveid = 187471 }} '''Maimonides Cemetery''' is a Jewish cemetery located in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, within the Cemetery Belt and immediately adjacent to Cypress Hills Cemetery. It was established in 1853 by the Maimonides Benevolent Society.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Amanik |first1=Allan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Kami |title=Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed |date=18 March 2020 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-2792-0 |page=27 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Till_Death_Do_Us_Part/lrHUDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref> The organization now functions as a nonprofit and continues to conduct the cemetery's administration as well as that of a second location, also referred to as Maimonides Cemetery, in Elmont, New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT US |url=https://www.maimonidescemetery.com/about-us.html |website=MAIMONIDES CEMETERIES |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref> It is only accessible by appointment.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=J. |date=23 October 2025 |title=The spookiest, vibiest spots in the city's 'cemetery belt' |url=https://nygroove.nyc/cemetery-belt-nyc/ |website=nygroove.nyc |publisher=The New York Groove |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>

==Notable Burials== *Dorothy Fields (1904-1974), Broadway librettist and lyricist *Israel F. Fischer (1858-1940), Congressman and judge *Marcus Loew (1870-1927), motion picture industry magnate and creator of MGM Studios *Joseph Schenck (1876-1961), film studio executive and founder of 20th Century Fox

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Category:Jewish cemeteries in New York City Category:Cemeteries in Brooklyn Category:Cypress Hills, Brooklyn