Calvary Cemetery, Queens

E34133

Roman Catholic cemetery burial ground cemetery

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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Label	Occurrences
Calvary Cemetery, Queens canonical	17
Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States	9
Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York	3
Calvary Cemetery (Queens)	1
Calvary Cemetery (Queens, New York)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257118 — 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: Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Context triple: [Al Smith, burialPlace, Calvary Cemetery, Queens]

A. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
C. Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
D. Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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: Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Target entity description: 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.

A. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
B. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
C. Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
D. Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic cemetery ⓘ burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ
borders	Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Greenpoint Avenue ⓘ Laurel Hill Boulevard ⓘ Long Island Expressway ⓘ Review Avenue ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
denomination	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasBurial	Al Smith ⓘ Annie Moore ⓘ Babe Phelps ⓘ Carlo Gambino ⓘ Dominick Napolitano ⓘ Frankie Yale ⓘ Geraldine Ferraro ⓘ James Cagney ⓘ Joe Spinell ⓘ John McEnroe Sr. ⓘ Mario Cuomo ⓘ Mickey Spillane ⓘ Peter Cooper Hewitt ⓘ Thomas E. Dewey ⓘ William M. Tweed ⓘ linked to: Boss Tweed members of New York political families ⓘ numerous Civil War veterans ⓘ numerous Italian-American immigrants ⓘ numerous early Irish immigrants ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	40.735°N 73.930°W ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	historic cemetery ⓘ
hasPart	New Calvary Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Old Calvary Cemetery Old Calvary Cemetery ⓘ
hasView	Manhattan skyline ⓘ
inception	1848 ⓘ
isPartOf	Roman Catholic cemeteries in New York City ⓘ
locatedIn	Long Island City ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York Queens ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
notableFor	burials of early immigrants to New York City ⓘ burials of entertainers ⓘ burials of many politicians ⓘ historic funerary monuments ⓘ large number of burials ⓘ views of Manhattan ⓘ
numberOfBurials	over 3 million ⓘ
ownedBy	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of New York
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
serves	Roman Catholic community of New York City ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Smith → burialPlace → Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ

Helen Menken → burialPlace → Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ

Robert Ferdinand Wagner → burialPlace → Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ

Leatrice Joy → burialPlace → Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States ⓘ