St. John's Cemetery, Queens
E281749
St. John's Cemetery in Queens is a large Roman Catholic burial ground in New York City known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including entertainers, politicians, and organized crime figures.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint John Cemetery, Queens | 1 |
| Saint John Cemetery, Queens, New York | 1 |
| St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York | 1 |
| St. John's Cemetery, Queens canonical | 1 |
| St. John’s Cemetery, Queens, New York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2595117 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. John's Cemetery, Queens Context triple: [Frank Morgan, burialPlace, St. John's Cemetery, Queens]
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Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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B.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens
Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens is a historic Jewish burial ground in New York City known for being the resting place of many prominent figures, including Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem.
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C.
Saint Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York
Saint Michael's Cemetery in Queens, New York is a historic Roman Catholic burial ground known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including mob boss Frank Costello.
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D.
Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City
Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
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E.
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at 155th Street
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at 155th Street is a historic burial ground and mausoleum complex in Upper Manhattan that forms one of the three main sites of Trinity Church’s cemetery in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. John's Cemetery, Queens Target entity description: St. John's Cemetery in Queens is a large Roman Catholic burial ground in New York City known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including entertainers, politicians, and organized crime figures.
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A.
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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B.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens
Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens is a historic Jewish burial ground in New York City known for being the resting place of many prominent figures, including Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem.
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C.
Saint Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York
Saint Michael's Cemetery in Queens, New York is a historic Roman Catholic burial ground known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including mob boss Frank Costello.
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D.
Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City
Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
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E.
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at 155th Street
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum at 155th Street is a historic burial ground and mausoleum complex in Upper Manhattan that forms one of the three main sites of Trinity Church’s cemetery in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic cemetery
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
All Faiths Cemetery
ⓘ
Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery ⓘ |
| cemeteryType | urban cemetery ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| hasChapel | Roman Catholic cemetery chapel ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 40.713°N 73.879°W ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
family plots
ⓘ
monumental headstones ⓘ tree-lined paths ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
Carlo Gambino
ⓘ
Geraldine Ferraro ⓘ James A. Farley ⓘ Joe Colombo ⓘ John Gotti ⓘ Lucky Luciano ⓘ Mae West ⓘ Mario F. Cuomo ⓘ
linked to:
Mario Cuomo
Sal Mineo ⓘ Tammany Hall politicians ⓘ Vito Genovese ⓘ members of New York Mafia families ⓘ |
| hasSection | Mafia bosses section ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGraves |
above-ground crypts
ⓘ
family mausoleums ⓘ individual graves ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial ground
ⓘ
place of Christian burial ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Catholic cemetery ⓘ |
| isPartOf | network of Catholic cemeteries in New York City ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Middle Village, Queens
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Village
New York City ⓘ Queens, New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
New York State
ⓘ
linked to:
New York
|
| locatedOn | Metropolitan Avenue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being burial place of entertainers
ⓘ
being burial place of organized crime figures ⓘ being burial place of politicians ⓘ large number of notable burials ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Brooklyn ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Brooklyn
|
| partOf | Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Brooklyn ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servesCity | New York City ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | Roman Catholic community of Brooklyn and Queens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: St. John's Cemetery, Queens Description of subject: St. John's Cemetery in Queens is a large Roman Catholic burial ground in New York City known for being the final resting place of numerous notable figures, including entertainers, politicians, and organized crime figures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St. John's Cemetery, Queens
linked to: St. John's Cemetery, Queens
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The Junk Man
linked to: St. John's Cemetery, Queens
linked to: St. John's Cemetery, Queens