A guide for families: the Jewish funeral homes and cemeteries near New York City, town by town, and what to do in the first hours. Whether a cemetery has graves available should always be confirmed with its office.
Updated October 2026
A Jewish funeral home arranges the tahara, a shomer and the burial in keeping with Jewish tradition, and works with the cemetery and the rabbi. Customs vary between families and communities. Ask any home for its General Price List; each keeps its own number.
Town guides: Bronx · Forest Hills · Manhattan · Queens
EverJewish documents 24 Jewish cemeteries within about 20 miles of central New York City, across 9 towns — 18 standalone Jewish cemeteries and 2 Jewish sections within larger cemeteries. The nearest towns are Ridgewood, Glendale, Brooklyn, New York.
No cemetery in this region has yet documented public plot sales on EverJewish. 1 offers burial through congregation or society membership: Beth Olam Cemetery in Brooklyn. Most pages still say "details not yet confirmed" — call the office, and ask about membership as a path in.
Often within a day or two. What sets the timing: the cemetery's schedule, Shabbat and Jewish holidays (Jewish cemeteries generally don't hold burials then), the death certificate and burial permit, and family who need to travel. Waiting for close family is common. The funeral home will tell you the earliest time that works.
7 Jewish funeral homes are documented in the region: Plaza Jewish Community Chapel in New York; Sinai Chapels in Forest Hills; Parkside Memorial Chapels in Forest Hills; Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial Chapels in Forest Hills; Sherman's Flatbush Memorial Chapel, Inc. in Brooklyn; Weinstein, Garlick, Kirschenbaum Chapels in Brooklyn; Kehila Chapels in Brooklyn. Each page lists what is documented about tahara, shomer, Shabbat and holiday practice, and what remains an open question.
Whether plots are currently available and to whom (members, the public, or pre-sold only); who may be buried there, including interfaith and section rules; costs in writing — plot, opening and closing, perpetual care, monument; and which funeral home the cemetery works with. Every cemetery on EverJewish can be asked directly from its page, and questions marked "planning ahead" carry no urgency.
EverJewish is an independent reference documenting Jewish funeral homes and cemeteries in the United States. Free for families; the record is never for sale. No rankings, no paid placement (how we're funded). We never sell family information.
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