Last Friday, 30 demonstrators – mostly minority workers just getting off work, still dressed in hard hats and construction boots – joined community leaders outside of the northeastern gates of ...

Woodlawn is the final resting place of many notable people. Burial plots include those of investigative reporter Nelly Bly, author Herman Melville, composer and lyricist Irving Berlin, and “Queen of ...

WOODLAWN, The Bronx (PIX11) — It’s a place that’s alive with strength, perseverance, and courage, even though its permanent residents are no longer alive. That’s because the incredible stories of some ...

When Woodlawn was established in 1863, its owners weren’t sure if the idea of a cemetery would take off. They used Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, which is 25 years older and still one of Woodlawn’s ...

The movement, in the early 1900s, came on the backs of Black artists, doctors and community leaders who in some cases have ...

Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery is home to a variety of interesting historic characters and this Saturday, visitors will have a rare opportunity to experience the living history contained within the ...

When the husband of salsa sensation Celia Cruz laid her to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, he envisioned honoring the Cuban icon in a private ceremony. Instead, thousands of New Yorkers showed ...

The Cemetery holds 10,085 burials, from January 1905 through December 1994. Because Woodlawn was nearly full by 1927, the Australian pines were removed to make room for 422 additional lots. In later ...