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Machpelah Cemetery (Queens)

Machpelah Cemetery (Queens)

Jewish cemetery in New York City

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Machpelah Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located within the Cemetery Belt in Glendale, Queens, in New York City. It was established around 1855. In addition to managing the 6-acre (2.4 ha) cemetery, the former Machpelah Cemetery Association also managed the adjacent Union Field Cemetery, New Union Field Cemetery and Hungarian Union Field Cemetery. Machpelah Cemetery was abandoned by the late 1980s. The deteriorating entrance building was demolished in 2013.

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