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Saint Raymond's Cemetery

Bronx, Italy

Saint Raymond's Cemetery

Saint Raymond's Cemetery is a large Catholic parish cemetery in the Throggs Neck and Schuylerville sections of the Bronx, New York City. It is the only Catholic cemetery in the Bronx and is one of the busiest cemeteries in the United States with nearly 2,500 burials each year. Through its connection

to St. Raymond's Church, part of the Archdiocese of New York, the cemetery is dedicated in honor of 13th-century saint Raymond Nonnatus. The cemetery is composed of two separate locations. Old Saint Raymond's is to the north at 1201 Balcom Avenue, and New Saint Raymond's is to the south at 2600 Lafayette Avenue, which is also the location of the main office. Both locations are just east of the Hutchinson River Parkway. The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge is visible from New Saint Raymond's. The old cemetery is essentially full and most present-day burials take place at the new cemetery, with the first burial there in 1951. The cemetery provides in-ground burials, in-ground crypt burials in the new Holy Cross section, Mausoleum burials and niches for cremains and burials in the base of the gigantic granite Cross located in the Holy Cross section. There is also a special Garden of Innocents where...

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