In 1863, the City of New York purchased the land from the Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and granted Parks jurisdiction over it. The Calvary Veterans Park, as the site was called, was used as a ...

I hope you will enjoy a repost of one of my first Queenswalks. Next week will be brand new. A trip from Brooklyn to Queens across that semi-movable parking lot known as the Brooklyn Queens Expressway ...

21 Roman Catholic Union soldiers are interred amongst the 365 acres of first Calvary Cemetery in Queens, nearby the cuprous waters of the much maligned Newtown Creek. This is a patch of city land, by ...

Calvary Cemetery in Queens, looking to Manhattan (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Editorial note: This is the fourth in a series that explores the art of New York’s cemeteries. Calvary ...