Tag Archives: Lower East Side

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery Churchyard and Cemetery

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

St. Mark’s Church stands on the site of the chapel built in 1660 by Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor of Dutch New Amsterdam, and its grounds are all that remain of Stuyvesant’s vast “bouwerie,” or farm.  Stuyvesant was interred in … Continue reading →

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11th Street Catholic Cemetery

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

Controversy erupted in 1883 when the Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral announced plans to remove their cemetery at 11th Street, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, so that the land could be sold.  The cemetery, … Continue reading →

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