Jewish Cemetery
Montefiore Cemetery
Springfield Gardens, New York
Montefiore Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Springfield Gardens, New York at 121-83 Springfield Boulevard. Below you will find its address, directions, and other Jewish places nearby.
Key Facts
- Type
- Jewish Cemetery
- Founded
- 1908
- Address
- 121-83 Springfield Boulevard, Springfield Gardens, NY
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About Montefiore Cemetery
Montefiore Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery established in 1908 at 121-83 Springfield Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York City. More than 150,000 people are buried there, including the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and it expanded in 1928 with a second site on Long Island.
- Burial place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson
- Also the resting place of artist Barnett Newman and scholar Hans Morgenthau
- More than 150,000 burials
- Expanded in 1928 with New Montefiore Cemetery on Long Island
Jewish cemeteries are places of honor and remembrance, where families come to visit, say Kaddish, and leave a stone on the grave as a sign of remembrance. For plot records, visiting hours, and burial information, contact the cemetery or its associated congregation or burial society directly.
Sources: Wikipedia. Checked October 2026.