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Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)

Cemetery in Westchester County

"Gate of Heaven Cemetery" redirects here. For other uses, see Gate of Heaven Cemetery (disambiguation).

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant, where four trains stop daily, two northbound and two southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.

Quick Facts Details, Established ...
Babe Ruth gravesite: Section 25, Plot 1115, Graves 3 & 4.
The new indoor building of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mausoleum
Garden Mausoleum with Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel in the background

Notable interments

  • New monuments
  • Kehoe mausoleum
  • Cremation urn
  • The tower near Bradhurst Avenue
  • Main entrance
  • Brenner mausoleum
  • The shrine near the grave of Babe Ruth
  • The Gothic Bridge
  • Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel
  • Child tombstone
  • Frieze at entrance to Queen of Peace Mausoleum
  • Statue at Upper Entrance
  • The Receiving Tomb

References

  1. [1]
    "CWGC casualty record".
  2. [2]
    Brooks, Patricia (October 22, 2008). "The Rich and Famous, at Rest in Eden". The New York Times. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

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