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Mount Zion Cemetery

Maspeth, Italy

Mount Zion Cemetery

Mount Zion Cemetery is a large Jewish cemetery located in Maspeth, Queens, New York City. The first burial was in 1893, and as of 2015, more than 210,000 individuals had been buried there. It is noted for its memorial to those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The grounds are approxi

mately 78 acres, and are divided into hundreds of plots, or gates, by landsmanshaften, synagogues, or families.

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