New York Marble Cemetery

Open to public one day a month in the spring/summer.
Nice peaceful garden area and benches for seating.
Good place to relax, read, have a quiet chat.

The cemetery is a hidden gem in the heart of a busy city - you have to look hard to find it - go down a long alley between 41 and 43 Second Avenue (two blocks north of Houston between 2nd and 3rd streets). Suddenly you come through the inner gate, around the corner into the garden and behold a half-acre oasis filled with bushes, flowers, open lawn and benches. An amazing surprise awaits you during their Summertime monthly Open Gate Days. They also rent it for weddings, birthday parties and fundraisers.