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I remember a few years back I was in NYC and I went to this graveyard, but I cannot remember where it was and was curious if anyone can think of where it might have been. It was somewhat large. I'm fairly certain that at least part of it was Jewish (with barbed wire across the top of the fence, I think, and other security measures to keep people out). It was almost right off an elevated section of the train, like just a few minutes walk from a train stop. Sorry that these details are kind of vague. Like I said, it was a few years ago, and I've only been in the city a handful of times.
There are a few Jewish cemeteries left in Manhattan. The most familiar three belong to Congregation Shearith Israel, an Orthodox Sephardic congregation.
Legal burial in Manhattan ended in 1852.
Here are the three most famous and likely candidates.
Chatham Square (55 St. James Place, opposite Chatham Square), 1682-1828
Mail address: 8 West 70th Street, New York, NY 10023
21st Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues), in use from 1829-1851
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/Hidden%20cemeteries/span.jpg (broken link)
11th Street (76 W. 11th Street, between 6th & 7th Avenues), 1805-1829
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/Hidden%20cemeteries/shear3.jpg (broken link)
Chatham Square (55 St. James Place, opposite Chatham Square), 1682-1828
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/Hidden%20cemeteries/shear4.jpg (broken link)
Trinity Church Cemetery is still active and it is the only active one left in Manhattan. It has always been a non-denominational cemetery as far as I know. But I don't think that is the one the original poster was looking for.
The possible tip off is the elevated train line. It is probably somewhere in Brooklyn or Queens. Maybe the Bronx, but can't think of any big cemetery's in the bronx near a train line.
Another Jewish Cemetary right off an el is in Ozone Park on Liberty Ave around 86 St, called Bayside/Acacia Cemetary.
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