# Maimonides Cemetery

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{{Short description|Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, New York}}

{{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](/source/Jewish_cemeteries_in_New_York_City) located in [Cypress Hills, Brooklyn](/source/Cypress_Hills%2C_Brooklyn), within the [Cemetery Belt](/source/Cemetery_Belt) and immediately adjacent to [Cypress Hills Cemetery](/source/Cypress_Hills_Cemetery). It was established in 1853 by the Maimonides [Benevolent Society](/source/Landsmanshaft).<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](/source/Elmont%2C_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](/source/Dorothy_Fields) (1904-1974), [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) librettist and lyricist
*[Israel F. Fischer](/source/Israel_F._Fischer) (1858-1940), Congressman and judge
*[Marcus Loew](/source/Marcus_Loew) (1870-1927), motion picture industry magnate and creator of [MGM Studios](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
*[Joseph Schenck](/source/Joseph_Schenck) (1876-1961), film studio executive and founder of [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox)

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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

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