Old Gravesend Cemetery

LocationGravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York

Coordinates40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500

Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)

Built1658

Old Gravesend Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark
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Location	Gravesend Neck Rd. and McDonald Ave., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°35′40″N 73°58′30″W / 40.59444°N 73.97500°W / 40.59444; -73.97500
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1658
NRHP reference No.	80002635[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 17, 1980
Designated NYCL	March 23, 1976

Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their families. Lady Deborah Moody, founder of Gravesend, is believed to be buried in the cemetery.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]